Gesture Text Selection
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining an initial text selection start position from a detected touch contact on a touch-sensitive interface;
tracking a first touch gesture input on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction parallel to a text-line orientation to reposition the initial text selection start position to a repositioned text selection start position;
tracking a second touch gesture input on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction orthogonal to the text-line orientation; and
correlating the second touch gesture input to a selection of text beginning from the repositioned text selection start position and continuing parallel to the text-line orientation.
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Abstract
In embodiments of gesture text selection, an initial text selection start position is determined from a detected touch contact on a touch-sensitive interface. A first touch gesture input can be tracked on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction parallel to a text-line orientation to reposition the initial text selection start position to a repositioned text selection start position. A second touch gesture input can then be tracked on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction orthogonal to the text-line orientation, and the second touch gesture input is correlated to a selection of text beginning from the repositioned text selection start position and parallel to the text-line orientation.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining an initial text selection start position from a detected touch contact on a touch-sensitive interface; tracking a first touch gesture input on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction parallel to a text-line orientation to reposition the initial text selection start position to a repositioned text selection start position; tracking a second touch gesture input on the touch-sensitive interface in a direction orthogonal to the text-line orientation; and correlating the second touch gesture input to a selection of text beginning from the repositioned text selection start position and continuing parallel to the text-line orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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initializing a text selection feature based on a detected touch contact on a touch-sensitive interface; tracking a first touch gesture input in a direction parallel to a text-line orientation in order to determine a text selection start position; tracking a second touch gesture input in a direction orthogonal to the text-line orientation; and correlating the second touch gesture input to a selection of text in a direction parallel to the text-line orientation beginning from the text selection start position, the selection of text proportional to a distance of the second touch gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic device, comprising:
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a touch detection system configured to detect a touch contact and a touch gesture input on a touch-sensitive interface, the touch gesture input being orthogonal to a text-line orientation; at least a memory and a processor to execute a touch gesture application that is configured to; determine a text selection start position from the touch contact; and correlate the touch gesture input to a selection of text in a direction parallel to the text-line orientation beginning from the text selection start position, the selection of text less than an entire line of text and proportional to a distance of the touch gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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