Single action selection of data elements
First Claim
1. A computing device, the computing device comprising:
- a touch surface for receiving an input focus for a selectable container or a selectable individual item rendered on a display; and
a stylus that causes one or more modifications to a rendering of the input focus on the display after the input focus remains above the region of the touch surface corresponding to the selectable container or the selectable individual item for a preconfigured amount of time without engaging the region of the touch surface, wherein the modification of the rendering of the input focus provides a visual representation of a next action that would be applied to the selectable container or the selectable individual item in response to a subsequent single-touch selection action of at least a portion of the region of the touch surface corresponding to the selectable container or the selectable individual item, wherein for the container, the modification of the rendering of the input focus indicates the next action comprises navigating to a storage location corresponding to the container, and wherein for the individual item, the modification of the rendering of the input focus indicates the next action comprises including the individual item in a list.
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Abstract
Various aspects and attributes of a single-click list selection user interface are described herein. A user can toggle the list inclusion status of any item by single clicking on the item in a selection pane of the user interface. When the user single-clicks a storage container item, the selection pane navigates to and displays items in the selected storage container. In order to prevent inadvertent selections, the user interface may provide graphical feedback indicating the inclusion status of an item prior to the user single clicking that item, e.g., responsive to mouse hover over that item. The user interface may further include a list pane which displays all items presently included in the list, regardless of each item'"'"'s original storage container.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device, the computing device comprising:
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a touch surface for receiving an input focus for a selectable container or a selectable individual item rendered on a display; and a stylus that causes one or more modifications to a rendering of the input focus on the display after the input focus remains above the region of the touch surface corresponding to the selectable container or the selectable individual item for a preconfigured amount of time without engaging the region of the touch surface, wherein the modification of the rendering of the input focus provides a visual representation of a next action that would be applied to the selectable container or the selectable individual item in response to a subsequent single-touch selection action of at least a portion of the region of the touch surface corresponding to the selectable container or the selectable individual item, wherein for the container, the modification of the rendering of the input focus indicates the next action comprises navigating to a storage location corresponding to the container, and wherein for the individual item, the modification of the rendering of the input focus indicates the next action comprises including the individual item in a list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. One or more computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for providing a user interface allowing a user to select items within contents of a list, said user interface comprising:
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an item selection pane displaying a plurality of items, said plurality of items comprising at least one container item and at least one discrete item capable of being included in the list; a list pane displaying any contents of the list; and a pointer controlled by a user-input device, said pointer for pointing to, hovering over, and selecting, any of the plurality of items, wherein upon the user hovering the pointer over at least a portion of one of the plurality of items, the user interface alters the appearance of the pointer to indicate a next action that would be applied to the item in response to the user subsequently single-clicking the pointer, wherein for a container item, the altered appearance of the pointer indicates the next action comprises navigating to a storage location corresponding to the container item, and wherein for a discrete item, the altered appearance of the pointer indicates the next action comprises including the discrete item in a list; wherein upon the user single-clicking the pointer on any container item, the user interface navigates to a storage location corresponding to the container item and displays a plurality of items included in the container item in the selection pane, and wherein upon the user single-clicking the pointer on any discrete item, the user interface includes the single-clicked discrete item in the list. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. One or more computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for providing a user interface allowing a user to select items within contents of a list, said user interface comprising:
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an item selection pane displaying a plurality of items, said plurality of items comprising at least one container item and at least one discrete item capable of being included in the list; a list pane displaying any contents of the list; and a pointer controlled by a user-input device, said pointer for pointing to, hovering over, and selecting, any of the plurality of items, wherein upon the user hovering the pointer over at least a portion of one of the plurality of items for a preconfigured amount of time, the user interface alters the appearance of the pointer to indicate a next action that would be applied to the item in response to the user subsequently single-clicking the pointer, wherein for a container item, the altered appearance of the pointer indicates the next action comprises navigating to a storage location corresponding to the container item, and wherein for a discrete item, the altered appearance of the pointer indicates the next action comprises including the discrete item in a list; wherein upon the user single-clicking the pointer on any container item, the user interface navigates to the container item and displays a plurality of items included in the container item in the selection pane, and wherein upon the user single-clicking the pointer on any discrete item, the user interface toggles includes the single-clicked discrete item in the list.
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