Positional scrolling
First Claim
1. A scrolling control system for use with a data processing device having a display, comprising:
- a cursor control input device for providing, in response to user actuations of the device, control of a cursor position on said display;
at least one user actuated switch; and
a view scrolling mode responsive to a user actuation of said switch, wherein view scrolling of a document is controlled such that a discrete amount of scrolling is carried out for a discrete amount of user actuation of the cursor control input device, independent of a position of said cursor in relation to any scroll functionality elements appearing on said display,wherein said view scrolling mode comprises a document positional scrolling (DPS) mode wherein a predetermined amount of said discrete amount of user actuation results in said scroll amount corresponding to one of;
a ratio of document length to page length; and
a ratio of document width to page width.
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Abstract
A method and system for electronically scrolling a document with a data processing apparatus uses an input device, e.g., a mouse, to permit position based scrolling without first accessing a scroll bar or other scrolling functionality element. In a page positional scrolling (PPS) mode useful for scrolling short distances, a displayed document is scrolled one pixel per one pixel of motion of the mouse. In a second mode (document positional scrolling—DPS), the document is scrolled a distance per pixel of mouse movement corresponding to the ratio of the document length (or width) to the page length (or width). In a further embodiment (smoothed document positional scrolling—SDPS), as the mouse is moved away from a starting position the system begins scrolling in PPS, transitions smoothly from PPS to DPS, and then continues to scroll in DPS.
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8 Claims
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1. A scrolling control system for use with a data processing device having a display, comprising:
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a cursor control input device for providing, in response to user actuations of the device, control of a cursor position on said display; at least one user actuated switch; and a view scrolling mode responsive to a user actuation of said switch, wherein view scrolling of a document is controlled such that a discrete amount of scrolling is carried out for a discrete amount of user actuation of the cursor control input device, independent of a position of said cursor in relation to any scroll functionality elements appearing on said display, wherein said view scrolling mode comprises a document positional scrolling (DPS) mode wherein a predetermined amount of said discrete amount of user actuation results in said scroll amount corresponding to one of;
a ratio of document length to page length; and
a ratio of document width to page width. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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