Selection handles in editing electronic documents
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1. A method for selecting portions of electronic data on a display device, comprising the steps of:
- generating a selection area identifying a first portion of said electronic data, wherein said selection area includes a plurality of selection handles, said selection handles being peripherally disposed to said selection area;
receiving an input from a user associated with said selection handles for detecting a movement of one of said selection handles from on said display; and
determining whether said movement is associated with an upstream indication or a downstream indication;
resizing said selection area among said selection handles while maintaining a selection of said portions of the electronic data responsive to said step of determining and said user input.
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Abstract
A computer system and method for highlighting and selecting elements of electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, a selection area identifies an initial selection of data, and one or more selection handles appear on the selection area to allow dynamic resizing of the selection area to select a larger or smaller portion of data or number of items.
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1. A method for selecting portions of electronic data on a display device, comprising the steps of:
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generating a selection area identifying a first portion of said electronic data, wherein said selection area includes a plurality of selection handles, said selection handles being peripherally disposed to said selection area;
receiving an input from a user associated with said selection handles for detecting a movement of one of said selection handles from on said display; and
determining whether said movement is associated with an upstream indication or a downstream indication;
resizing said selection area among said selection handles while maintaining a selection of said portions of the electronic data responsive to said step of determining and said user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for selecting portions of electronic data on a display device, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a selection area identifying a first portion of said electronic data, wherein said selection area includes two graphical selection handles on opposing ends of said identified selection area;
receiving an input from a user for movement of at least one of said graphical selection handles; and
resizing said selection area among said graphical selection handles responsive to said user input of movement of the least one graphical selection handle and while maintaining a position of the other said graphical selection handle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method for selecting portions of electronic data on a display device, comprising the steps of:
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generating a selection area identifying a first portion of said electronic data, wherein said selection area includes a plurality of graphic selection handles;
receiving an input from a user associated with a plurality of selection handles; and
resizing said selection area responsive to said user input, wherein said step of resizing further comprises the step of automatically resizing said selection area to select an entire image object when said user relocates said one of said selection handles over a portion of said image object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A portable computing device comprising a display area and a stylus, configured to:
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display electronic text data on said display area;
detect a user selection of a portion of said text data using said stylus;
display a selection area identifying said selected portion of said text data, wherein said selection area includes first and second graphical selection handles on opposing ends of said selection area;
detect a user selection and upstream or downstream movement of said first selection handle; and
resize said selection area responsive to said user selection and detected movement of said first selection handle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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