User touch display interface providing an expanded selection area for a user selectable object
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1. A method, comprising:
- displaying, at an electronic device, a plurality of selectable objects, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area;
determining that a starting location of a first user input is within a selection area of a first object of the plurality of selectable objects and displaying an expanded selection area for only the first object, wherein the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object;
based at least in part on a final location of the first user input being within the expanded selection area of the first object, selecting the first object; and
displaying a selection indicator representing the selection of the first object, wherein the first user input is a dragging operation and wherein the starting location is a starting location of the dragging and the final location is a release location of the dragging, andwherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area.
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a user interface configured to: display a plurality of selectable objects on a display, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: receive a user input within the selection area to select a first object, the first object being at least one of the plurality of selectable objects. Further, the apparatus comprises the user interface further configured to display an expanded selection area for the first object based at least in part on the user input.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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displaying, at an electronic device, a plurality of selectable objects, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area; determining that a starting location of a first user input is within a selection area of a first object of the plurality of selectable objects and displaying an expanded selection area for only the first object, wherein the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object; based at least in part on a final location of the first user input being within the expanded selection area of the first object, selecting the first object; and displaying a selection indicator representing the selection of the first object, wherein the first user input is a dragging operation and wherein the starting location is a starting location of the dragging and the final location is a release location of the dragging, and wherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and at least one memory including software program code, where the at least one memory and the software program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; display, with a user interface, a plurality of selectable objects on a display, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area; determine that a starting location of a first user input is within a selection area of a first object of the plurality of selectable objects and display an expanded selection area for only the first object, wherein the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object; based at least in part on a final location of the first user input being within the expanded selection area of the first object, select the first object; and display a selection indicator representing the selection of the first object, wherein the first user input is a dragging operation and wherein the starting location is a starting location of the dragging and the final location is a release location of the dragging, and wherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of selectable objects, each of the plurality of selectable objects having an initial selection area; receiving a user touch input within the initial selection area of a first selectable object to select the first selectable object; in response to the user touch input within the initial selection area of the first selectable object displaying an expanded selection area for only the first selectable object, where the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object; and in response to a termination of the user touch input at a location that remains within the boundary of the expanded selection area for the first selectable object, selecting only the first selectable object and not the at least one second selectable object upon the release of the user touch input within the boundary of the expanded selection area, wherein the user touch input is a dragging operation and wherein the initial selection area is a starting location of the dragging and the termination location is a release location of the dragging, and wherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area.
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