Force-sensitive input control at client device

Abstract

In one example, a laptop computer may include a pressure sensor in its housing, with the sensor disposed underneath a palm rest area of the housing. The laptop computer may also include a processor and storage. The storage may include instructions executable by the processor to receive input from the pressure sensor, and to incrementally control a function of the electronic device according to a magnitude of pressure indicated in the input. The function may be identified based on a context associated with the laptop computer, such as one associated with an active window of the laptop computer, one associated with an area of the laptop computer's display at which the user is identified as looking, and/or one associated with content presented on the display. If desired, an application executed at the laptop computer to perform these steps may be enabled by a remotely-located server in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) implementation.

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