Pinch to adjust
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- displaying, on a multi-touch input device, a plurality of content areas for an email messaging system, each content area associated with a respective first amount of text, wherein each of the plurality of content areas is displayed with a respective initial viewable amount of text that is a subset of the respective first amount of text;
receiving an on-screen pinch gesture for expanding a size of each of the content areas, the on-screen pinch gesture being associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on the multi-touch input device; and
for each of the plurality of content areas;
expanding a respective size of the respective content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture; and
displaying an increased viewable amount of text in the respective expanded content area based on the expanded size of the content area, wherein the increased viewable amount of text is a larger subset of the respective first amount of text than the initial viewable amount of text, and a character size of the increased viewable amount of text is substantially equal to a character size of the original viewable amount of text.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for resizing a display area of a display device are disclosed. An example method may include receiving an on-screen pinch gesture associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on a multi-touch input device. The method may also include for each of a plurality of predefined content areas: adjusting a respective size of each predefined content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture, determining a respective amount of the content to display in the predefined content area based on the respective adjusted size of the predefined content area, and displaying the respective adjusted amount of content within the respective predefined content area associated with the adjusted size on the multi-touch input device.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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displaying, on a multi-touch input device, a plurality of content areas for an email messaging system, each content area associated with a respective first amount of text, wherein each of the plurality of content areas is displayed with a respective initial viewable amount of text that is a subset of the respective first amount of text; receiving an on-screen pinch gesture for expanding a size of each of the content areas, the on-screen pinch gesture being associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on the multi-touch input device; and for each of the plurality of content areas; expanding a respective size of the respective content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture; and displaying an increased viewable amount of text in the respective expanded content area based on the expanded size of the content area, wherein the increased viewable amount of text is a larger subset of the respective first amount of text than the initial viewable amount of text, and a character size of the increased viewable amount of text is substantially equal to a character size of the original viewable amount of text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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9. A system, comprising:
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an on-screen input device, configured to; display a plurality of content areas for an email messaging system, each content area associated with a respective first amount of text, wherein each of the plurality of content areas is displayed with a respective initial viewable amount of text that is a subset of the respective first amount of text; receive an on-screen pinch gesture for expanding a size of each of the content areas, the on-screen pinch gesture being associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on the on-screen input device; and a content area adjustor, implemented with a computing device, configured to, for each of the plurality of content areas; expand a respective size of the respective content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture; and displaying an increased viewable amount of text displayed in the respective expanded content area based on the expanded size of the respective content area, wherein the increased viewable amount of text is a larger subset of the respective first amount of text than the initial viewable amount of text, and a character size of the increased viewable amount of text is substantially equal to a character size of the original viewable amount of text. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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