Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Navigating and Editing Text

• US 20120311507A1
• Filed: 08/25/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Murrett, Martin J., Schomer, Matthew Todd, Weeldreyer, Christopher Douglas, Van Boxtel, James Vernon
• Granted Patent: US 9,032,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

An electronic device displays text of an electronic document on a display; displays an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document; detects a first horizontal gesture on a touch-sensitive surface; in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions: translates the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and maintains the insertion marker at the first position in the text; and, in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions, moves the insertion marker by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying text of an electronic document on the display;

displaying an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document;

detecting a first horizontal gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions;

translating the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and

maintaining the insertion marker at the first position in the text; and

, in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first set of one or more predefined conditions includes an initial velocity of the first horizontal gesture being less than a predefined threshold velocity, and the second set of one or more predefined conditions includes the initial velocity of the first horizontal gesture being more than the predefined threshold velocity.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the first horizontal gesture includes a finger contact and movement of the finger contact;

the first set of one or more predefined conditions includes an initial movement of the finger contact in a predefined initial time since detecting the finger contact being less than a predefined initial movement threshold; and

the second set of one or more predefined conditions includes the initial movement of the finger contact in the predefined initial time since detecting the finger contact being greater than the predefined initial movement threshold.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the second set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the first horizontal gesture is a single-finger gesture.

5. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

while displaying the insertion marker at the second position in the text of the electronic document;

detecting a vertical gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to a determination that the vertical gesture satisfies a third set of one or more predefined conditions;

translating the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the vertical gesture, and

maintaining the insertion marker at the second position in the text; and

,

in response to a determination that the vertical gesture satisfies a fourth set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the third set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker from a line in the text containing the second position to a vertically adjacent line in the text in accordance with the direction of the vertical gesture.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the third set of one or more predefined conditions includes an initial velocity of the vertical gesture being less than a predefined threshold velocity, and the fourth set of one or more predefined conditions includes the initial velocity of the vertical gesture being more than the predefined threshold velocity.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein:

the vertical gesture includes a finger contact and movement of the finger contact;

the third set of one or more predefined conditions includes an initial movement of the finger contact in a predefined initial time since detecting the finger contact being less than a predefined initial movement threshold; and

the fourth set of one or more predefined conditions includes the initial movement of the finger contact in the predefined initial time since detecting the finger contact being greater than the predefined initial movement threshold.

8. The device of claim 5, wherein the fourth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the vertical gesture is a single-finger gesture.

9. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a fifth set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions and the second set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker by one word in the text from the first position in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the fifth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the first horizontal gesture is a multi-finger gesture.

11. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a sixth set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions and the second set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker to a beginning or an end of a line of text containing the first position in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the sixth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the first horizontal gesture is a multi-finger gesture.

13. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a seventh set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions and the second set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker to a beginning of a sentence containing the first position or a beginning of a next sentence after the sentence containing the first position in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the seventh set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the first horizontal gesture is a multi-finger gesture.

15. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

while displaying a range of selected text in the text of the electronic document;

detecting a second horizontal gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and

,

in response to a determination that the second horizontal gesture satisfies an eighth set of one or more predefined conditions;

placing the insertion marker at a beginning or an end of the range of selected text in accordance with a direction of the second horizontal gesture, and

deselecting the range of selected text.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the eighth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the second horizontal gesture is a single-finger gesture.

17. The device of claim 5, including instructions for:

in response to a determination that the vertical gesture satisfies a ninth set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the third set of one or more predefined conditions and the fourth set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker from the second position to a beginning of a paragraph containing the second position or to a beginning of a next paragraph after the paragraph containing the second position in accordance with the direction of the vertical gesture.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the ninth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the vertical gesture is a multi-finger gesture.

19. The device of claim 5, including instructions for:

in response to a determination that the vertical gesture satisfies a tenth set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the third set of one or more predefined conditions and the fourth set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker from the second position to a beginning of a page containing the second position or to a beginning of a next page after the page containing the second position in accordance with the direction of the vertical gesture.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the tenth set of one or more predefined conditions includes that the vertical gesture is a multi-finger gesture.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen display and the touch-sensitive surface is on the display.

22. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

displaying text of an electronic document on the display;

displaying an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document;

detecting a first horizontal gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions;

translating the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and

maintaining the insertion marker at the first position in the text; and

,

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions, moving the insertion marker by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

23. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display text of an electronic document on the display;

display an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document;

detect a first horizontal gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions;

translate the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and

maintain the insertion marker at the first position in the text; and

,

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions, move the insertion marker by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.

24. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

text of an electronic document; and

an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document;

wherein;

a first horizontal gesture is detected on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions;

the electronic document is translated on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and

the insertion marker is maintained at the first position in the text; and

,

in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions that is distinct from the first set of one or more predefined conditions, the insertion marker is moved by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.