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Dynamic space bar

  • US 10,234,985 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2017
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • determining, by a computing device that includes a touch sensitive input device that includes outlines of keys of a touchscreen keyboard and a region designated as a trackpad, a context of the computing device, wherein the outlines of the keys of the touchscreen keyboard include an outline of a space bar;

    receiving touch input within the region designated as the trackpad;

    designating, by the computing device and based on the previously-determined context of the computing device, the touch input within the region designated as the trackpad to be a selection of the space bar; and

    providing, for output to a display of the computing device and based on the computing device having designated the touch input within the region designated as the trackpad to be a selection of the space bar, an indication of the selection of the space bar.

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