Portable electronic device and method of controlling same
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying first information for a first application in a first area of a touch-sensitive display and second information for the first application in a second area of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first information comprises text and the second information comprises a virtual keyboard;
detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display;
when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the text to display different text in the first area;
when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture;
wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes displaying information on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the information in a first scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling through the information in a second scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a second area of the touch-sensitive display.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying first information for a first application in a first area of a touch-sensitive display and second information for the first application in a second area of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first information comprises text and the second information comprises a virtual keyboard; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the text to display different text in the first area; when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture; wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display configured to display first information for a first application in a first area of the touch-sensitive display and second information for the first application in a second area of the display, wherein the first information comprises text and the second information comprises a virtual keyboard; a processor configured to; detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scroll the text to display different text in the first area; when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scroll a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture; wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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displaying text in a first area of a touch-sensitive display; displaying a keyboard in a second area of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the text displayed in the first area comprises text entered by the keyboard; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; when the gesture begins in the first area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling the text to display different text in the first area; when the gesture begins on the keyboard in the second area of the touch-sensitive display, scrolling a cursor through the text in a direction dependent on a direction of the gesture; wherein the amount of scrolling is dependent on the length of the gesture.
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