Cross-slide Gesture to Select and Rearrange
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a gesture slide input relative to an object displayed on a display device of a computing device;
ascertaining whether a gestural slide input direction is different from a panning or scrolling direction by using region detection logic in which gestural slide input that occurs relative to the object and within one region is ascertained to be associated with panning or scrolling and gestural slide input that occurs relative to the object and within a different region is ascertained to not be associated with panning or scrolling; and
responsive to the gestural slide input being in a direction that is different from the panning or scrolling direction and within the different region, performing an object-related action.
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Abstract
Cross slide gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, cross slide gestures can be used on content that pans or scrolls in one direction, to enable additional actions, such as content selection, drag and drop operations, and the like. In one or more embodiments, a cross slide gesture can be performed by dragging an item or object in a direction that is different from a scrolling direction. The different-direction drag can be mapped to additional actions or functionality. In one or more embodiments, one or more thresholds can be utilized, such as a distance threshold, in combination with the different-direction drag, to map to additional actions or functionality.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a gesture slide input relative to an object displayed on a display device of a computing device; ascertaining whether a gestural slide input direction is different from a panning or scrolling direction by using region detection logic in which gestural slide input that occurs relative to the object and within one region is ascertained to be associated with panning or scrolling and gestural slide input that occurs relative to the object and within a different region is ascertained to not be associated with panning or scrolling; and responsive to the gestural slide input being in a direction that is different from the panning or scrolling direction and within the different region, performing an object-related action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:
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detecting a drag direction associated with a drag operation; ascertaining whether the drag direction is different from a panning direction by using region detection logic in which drag directions that occur relative to an object and within one region are ascertained to be associated with panning and drag directions that occur relative to the object and within a different region are ascertained to not be associated with panning; and responsive to the drag direction being different than the panning direction and occurring within the different region, performing an object-rearrangement action associated with the object. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage media; an application embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the application being configured to implement a method comprising; detecting a cross-slide gesture in a direction that is different from a panning direction; responsive to said detecting, detecting one or more threshold triggers associated with the cross-slide gesture, individual threshold triggers being associated with an individual object-related action; detecting whether a user action indicates that an object-related action is to be committed; and responsive to the user action indicating that an object-related action is to be committed, committing an object-related action associated with a last-triggered threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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