Finger touch gesture for joining and unjoining discrete touch objects
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object, wherein the request is received as a single-finger gesture that is received at a touch-enabled display screen from a user operating the machine, the receiving comprising;
detecting a selection of the first graphical user interface object;
detecting a movement of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object;
detecting a holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a first predetermined amount of time;
in response to detecting the holding for the first predetermined amount of time, displaying a first visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the objects are about to be joined; and
detecting a further holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a second predetermined period of time after the displaying of the first visual indicator,associating the first and second graphical user interface objects with each other in response to receiving the request; and
in response to the associating, displaying, on the touch-enabled display screen, the first and second graphical user interface objects adjacent to each other, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying a second visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the first and second graphical user interface objects are in a group.
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Abstract
An approach is provided to join graphical user interface objects into a group. A request is received at a touch-enabled display screen to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object. The request is from a user of the system. The first and second graphical user interface objects are then associated with each other. The first and second graphical user interface objects are displayed on the touch-enabled display screen adjacent to each other and a visual indicator is also displayed near the objects that indicates that the objects have been joined in a group.
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a request to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object, wherein the request is received as a single-finger gesture that is received at a touch-enabled display screen from a user operating the machine, the receiving comprising; detecting a selection of the first graphical user interface object; detecting a movement of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object; detecting a holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a first predetermined amount of time; in response to detecting the holding for the first predetermined amount of time, displaying a first visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the objects are about to be joined; and detecting a further holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a second predetermined period of time after the displaying of the first visual indicator, associating the first and second graphical user interface objects with each other in response to receiving the request; and in response to the associating, displaying, on the touch-enabled display screen, the first and second graphical user interface objects adjacent to each other, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying a second visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the first and second graphical user interface objects are in a group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14)
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5. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory accessible by at least one of the processors; a touch-enabled display screen accessible by one or more of the processors; and a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; receiving a request to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object, wherein the request is received as a single-finger gesture that is received at the touch-enabled display screen from a user operating the information handling system, the receiving comprising; detecting a selection of the first graphical user interface object; detecting a movement of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object; detecting a holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a first predetermined amount of time; in response to detecting the holding for the first predetermined amount of time, displaying a first visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the objects are about to be joined; and detecting a further holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a second predetermined period of time after the displaying of the first visual indicator, associating the first and second graphical user interface objects with each other in response to receiving the request; in response to the associating, displaying, on the touch-enabled display screen, the first and second graphical user interface objects adjacent to each other, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying a second visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the first and second graphical user interface objects are in a group. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17)
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9. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:
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receiving a request to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object, wherein the request is received as a single-finger gesture that is received at a touch-enabled display screen from a user operating the machine, the receiving comprising; detecting a selection of the first graphical user interface object; detecting a movement of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object; detecting a holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a first predetermined amount of time; in response to detecting the holding for the first predetermined amount of time, displaying a first visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the objects are about to be joined; and detecting a further holding of the first graphical user interface object adjacent to the second graphical user interface object for a second predetermined period of time after the displaying of the first visual indicator, associating the first and second graphical user interface objects with each other in response to receiving the request; in response to the associating, displaying, on the touch-enabled display screen, the first and second graphical user interface objects adjacent to each other, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying a second visual indicator proximate to the first and second graphical user interface objects that indicates that the first and second graphical user interface objects are in a group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 18, 19, 20)
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