Electronic device and method of controlling same
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a first touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device;
in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between the display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch;
identifying a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on a location of the first touch and the location of the second touch and performing the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
identifying a left mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on the location of the first touch and performing the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch;
in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area;
Performing a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary.
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Abstract
A method includes detecting a touch associated with an edge of a display of an electronic device, identifying a navigation device function associated with the touch, and performing the navigation device function.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a first touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between the display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch; identifying a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on a location of the first touch and the location of the second touch and performing the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display; identifying a left mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on the location of the first touch and performing the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display; wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch; in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area; Performing a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display; a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to; detect a first touch on a touch-sensitive display in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between a display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch; identify a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch based on a location of the first touch and a location of the second touch and perform the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display; identify a left mouse-click function associated with the touch based on the location of the first touch and perform the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display; wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch; in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area; perform a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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