Method and apparatus for text selection
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsSimon Martin Thorsander, Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Nils Roger Andersson Reimer
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Abstract
A method includes, displaying a content selection icon on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting touch input at a touch location on the display operable to select a content selection function associated with the content selection icon, and, modifying the displayed content selection icon to display a touch portion at a location on the display corresponding to said detected touch location and a content selection portion operatively coupled to, but spatially separated from, the touch portion.
Claims4
A method for an electronic device comprising:
- detecting a location of a text selection icon on a touch-screen display of the electronic device;
- detecting touch input reflecting a selection of text displayed on the display using the text selection icon;
- determining a zone adjacent an edge of the display, which comprises determining that a width of the zone is narrower at a starting point in a movement of the text selection icon than the width of the zone at a later point in the movement;
- and
- selecting displayed text in a row selection mode responsive to a determination that the detected location of the text selection icon is within the zone adjacent the edge of the display or selecting displayed text in a letter selection mode responsive to a determination that the detected location of the text selection icon is outside the zone adjacent the edge of the display.
An electronic device comprising:
- a touch-screen display configured to receive touch input;
- at least one processor configured to:
- detect a location of a text selection icon on the display;
- detect a touch input reflecting a selection of text displayed on the display using the text selection icon,
- determine a zone adjacent an edge of the display, wherein a width of the zone is narrower at a starting point in a movement of the text selection icon than the width of the zone at a later point in the movement;
- and
- select displayed text in a row selection mode responsive to a determination that the detected location of the text selection icon is within the zone adjacent the edge of the display or selecting displayed text in a letter selection mode responsive to a determination that the detected location of the text selection icon is outside the zone adjacent the edge of the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.