Intelligent scrolling
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJohn R. Meier, John Sullivan, Paul Mercer
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for intelligent scrolling. In a computer system that has a user interface which allows for the movement of items from a first open window to a second open window or to a second region, such as a desktop, the present invention allows a user to select one or more items in the first window, move the selected item(s) to within a predetermined distance from an edge of the first window for a predetermined period of time and cause the viewable portion of the data and/or document within the first window to scroll in a corresponding direction.
Claims42
A machine-readable storage medium having stored instructions to cause a machine to perform a machine-implemented method for controlling a display, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of an object displayed within a first region on said display;
- receiving an input indicating a user positioning of said selected object at a predetermined scrolling area which is near an edge of the first region, wherein the predetermined scrolling area does not include selectable user inputs for scrolling said display in a first direction;
- and
- scrolling in a first direction, in response to said input, displayed items within said first region,
- wherein said first region is a directory, wherein the selected object is an item within the directory;
- and determining that said selected object is no longer in said predetermined scrolling area;
- and terminating said scrolling of said displayed items within said first region.
A machine-readable storage medium having stored instructions to cause a machine to perform a method controlling a display, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of an object displayed within a first region on said display;
- receiving an input indicating a user positioning of said selected object at a predetermined scrolling area which is near an edge of the first region, wherein the predetermined scrolling area does not include selectable user inputs for scrolling said display;
- and scrolling in a first direction, in response to said input, displayed items within said first region, wherein said first region is a list of items, wherein the selected object is an item in the list of items;
- and determining that said selected object is no longer in said predetermined scrolling area;
- and terminating said scrolling of said displayed items within said first region.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored instructions to cause a computer to perform a computer-implemented method for controlling a display, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of an object displayed within a first region on said display;
- receiving an input indicating a user positioning of said selected object at a predetermined scrolling area which is near an edge of the first region, wherein the predetermined scrolling area does not include selectable user inputs for scrolling said display;
- and
- scrolling in a first direction, in response to said input, displayed items within said first region,
- wherein said first region is a directory, wherein the selected object is an item within the directory;
- and determining that said selected object is no longer in said predetermined scrolling area;
- and terminating said scrolling of said displayed items within said first region.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored instructions to cause a computer to perform a method controlling a display, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of an object displayed within a first region on said display;
- receiving an input indicating a user positioning of said selected object at a predetermined scrolling area which is near an edge of the first region wherein the predetermined scrolling area does not include selectable user inputs for scrolling said display;
- and scrolling in a first direction, in response to said input, displayed items within said first region,
- wherein said first region is a list of items, wherein the selected object is an item in the list of items;
- and determining that said selected object is no longer in said predetermined scrolling area;
- and terminating said scrolling of said displayed items within said first region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.