Electronic device and method of displaying playlist thereof
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1. A user interface method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying on a touch screen a list of folders, wherein a first folder and a second folder in the list are each displayed with text corresponding to storage paths of the first folder and the second folder, the text indicating a name of at least one upper hierarchical folder common to the first folder and the second folder, and wherein all of the text displayed for the first folder is identical to all of the text displayed for the second folder;
detecting a continuously moving single-touch touch gesture that selects the first folder or the second folder in the list of folders;
in response to the detected continuously moving single-touch touch gesture, performing a sorting operation to change an order of items stored in the upper hierarchical folder from a first sequence to a second sequence, wherein the items arranged in the first sequence are ordered differently than the items arranged in the second sequence, and wherein prior to the sorting operation, at least one item among the items to be sorted is not displayed on the touch screen;
in response to performance of the sorting operation, detecting a multiple-touch touch gesture selecting a folder in the list of folders, wherein the multiple-touch touch gesture comprises a continuous movement of at least one touch point of the multiple-touch touch gesture; and
abbreviating a text portion of the storage path of the selected folder and displaying the abbreviated text portion of the storage path in response to the detected multiple-touch touch gesture.
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Abstract
A user interface method employed by an electronic device displays a folder playlist playable by an application, on a touch screen and detects a touch selecting one folder in the displayed folder playlist. A touch gesture is detected comprising a continuous movement of a touch and performs a sorting operation using a name representation of a storage path of a folder where the touch is detected, in response to the continuous movement of the detected touch gesture.
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1. A user interface method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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displaying on a touch screen a list of folders, wherein a first folder and a second folder in the list are each displayed with text corresponding to storage paths of the first folder and the second folder, the text indicating a name of at least one upper hierarchical folder common to the first folder and the second folder, and wherein all of the text displayed for the first folder is identical to all of the text displayed for the second folder; detecting a continuously moving single-touch touch gesture that selects the first folder or the second folder in the list of folders; in response to the detected continuously moving single-touch touch gesture, performing a sorting operation to change an order of items stored in the upper hierarchical folder from a first sequence to a second sequence, wherein the items arranged in the first sequence are ordered differently than the items arranged in the second sequence, and wherein prior to the sorting operation, at least one item among the items to be sorted is not displayed on the touch screen; in response to performance of the sorting operation, detecting a multiple-touch touch gesture selecting a folder in the list of folders, wherein the multiple-touch touch gesture comprises a continuous movement of at least one touch point of the multiple-touch touch gesture; and abbreviating a text portion of the storage path of the selected folder and displaying the abbreviated text portion of the storage path in response to the detected multiple-touch touch gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen displaying a list of folders, wherein a first folder and a second folder in the list are each displayed with text corresponding to storage paths of the first folder and the second folder, the text indicating a name of at least one upper hierarchical folder common to the first folder and the second folder, and wherein all of the text displayed for the first folder is identical to all of the text displayed for the second folder; and a control unit controlling the touch screen, wherein the control unit; detects a continuously moving single-touch touch gesture that selects the first folder or the second folder in the list of folders, in response to the detected continuously moving single-touch touch gesture, performs a sorting operation to change an order of items stored in the upper hierarchical folder from a first sequence to a second sequence, wherein the items arranged in the first sequence are ordered differently than the items arranged in the second sequence, and wherein prior to the sorting operation, at least one item among the items to be sorted is not displayed on the touch screen, in response to performance of the sorting operation, detects a multiple-touch touch gesture selecting a folder in the list of folders, wherein the multiple-touch touch gesture comprises a continuous movement of at least one touch point of the multiple-touch touch gesture; and abbreviates a text portion of the storage path of the selected folder and displays the abbreviated text portion of the storage path in response to the detected multiple-touch touch gesture. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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