Interface for toggling objects

A system comprising:

• a user display device;
• an instruction store configured to store machine-executable instructions;
• an instruction processor configured to execute at least a portion of the machine-executable instructions stored in the instruction store;
• an object toggler interface including:
• a click input engine configured to receive a first one-button input from a user, with no input associated with a modifier input, indicating a first start tracking request and including information identifying first coordinates of a user-controlled object on the user display device, at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the first coordinates and the user initiates the first start tracking request;
• a drag input engine configured to receive a first drag input from the user indicating a movement of the user-controlled object across the user display device to second coordinates on the user display device and including a first stop tracking request at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the second coordinates and the user initiates the first stop tracking request, the first stop tracking request being a release of the one-button input with no input associated with a modifier input;
• an object bounds detector configured to determine a first display object associated with the first coordinates and a second display object associated with the second coordinates;
• an object selection engine configured to determine a group of selected display objects including the first display object, the second display object, and third display objects, the third display objects being automatically included in the group based on being located in an area of the user display device spanning a first rectangular region defined by the first coordinates and the second coordinates, the determining a group being initiated by the first stop tracking request, the third display objects including display objects in at least two columns;
• a state modification engine configured to modify a first current state of the first display object to a first different state, after the group is determined;
• and
• a state setting engine configured to using a value selected by the user of a toggle control to set states associated with the selected display objects included in the determined group, other than the first display object, to either the first different state or, for each particular selected display object, a state different than a previous state of the particular selected display object, wherein
• the click input engine is configured to receive a second one-button input from the user, with no input associated with a modifier input, indicating a second start tracking request and including information identifying third coordinates of the user-controlled object on the user display device, at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the third coordinates and the user initiates the second start tracking request, after the first current state is modified, and the object bounds detector is configured to determine a fourth display object associated with the third coordinates, wherein the fourth display object is different from the first display object and the modified state of the first display object is maintained upon receipt of the second start tracking request.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• receive a first one-button input from a user indicating a first start tracking request and including information identifying first coordinates of a user-controlled object on a user display device, at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the first coordinates and the user initiates the first start tracking request;
• receive a drag input from the user indicating a movement of the user-controlled object across the user display device to second coordinates on the user display device and including a first stop tracking request at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the second coordinates and the user initiates the first stop tracking request, the first stop tracking request being a release of the one-button input with no input associated with a modifier input;
• determine a first display object associated with the first coordinates and a second display object associated with the second coordinates;
• determine a group of selected display objects including the first display object, the second display object, and third display objects, the third display objects being automatically included in the group based on being located in an area of the user display device spanning a first rectangular region defined by the first coordinates and the second coordinates, the determining the group being initiated by the first stop tracking request, the third display objects including display objects in at least two columns;
• modify a first current state of the first display object to a first different state, after determining the group;
• using a value selected by the user of a toggle control to set states associated with the selected display objects included in the determined group, other than the first display object, to either the first different state or, for each particular selected display object, a state different than a previous state of the particular selected display object;
• receive a second one-button input from the user, with no input associated with a modifier input, indicating a second start tracking request and including information identifying third coordinates of the user-controlled object on the user display device, at a time when the user-controlled object is located at the third coordinates and the user initiates the second start tracking request, and after the first current state is modified;
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• determine a fourth display object associated with the third coordinates wherein the fourth display object is different from the first display object and the modified state of the first display object is maintained upon receipt of the second start tracking request.