Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating framed graphical objects

• US 9,996,231 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Missig, Julian, Brown, Matthew I., Costanzo, Bianca C., Torchin, Evan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai, Namitha
• Application Number:
  US14/536,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a graphical object inside of a frame on the display, and detects a gesture. Detecting the gesture includes: detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is over the graphical object, and detecting movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the contact meets predefined intensity criteria, the device removes the graphical object from the frame; and in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the predefined intensity criteria, the device adjusts an appearance of the graphical object inside of the frame.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display a first sheet of an electronic document having a plurality of sheets, wherein;

the first sheet includes a plurality of fields for inserting content in the electronic document; and

the first sheet is linked to a template of the electronic document that controls default properties of a first field of the plurality of fields;

while displaying the first sheet of the electronic document that includes the plurality of fields, detect a gesture directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, wherein the gesture includes a press input from a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

,

in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, enter a sheet editing mode for editing content of the first field in the first sheet of the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, enter a template editing mode, which is distinct from the sheet editing mode, for editing default properties of the first field in the template of the electronic document.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic document is a presentation document and the first sheet is a slide in the presentation document.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the electronic document is a word processing document and the first sheet is a page in the word processing document.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the default properties include one or more of:

text typeface, text size, text color, border color, border style, border width, fill color, fill style, opacity, paragraph spacing, line spacing, and a text wrapping property.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to:

prior to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, display representations of two or more sheets in the electronic document; and

,

while in the template editing mode, highlight representations of a subset of the plurality of sheets in the electronic document, the subset comprising sheets that are based on the template.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein entering the template editing mode includes:

ceasing to display at least a portion of the first sheet;

displaying at least a portion of the template; and

displaying an animated transition corresponding to ceasing to display the portion of the first sheet and displaying the portion of the template.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to, while in the template editing mode, display a template switching interface that includes:

a representation of the template for the first sheet; and

a representation of a different template,

wherein selecting a representation of a first template in the template switching interface selects the first template for use as a template for the first sheet.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

two or more sheets in the electronic document, including the first sheet, are based on the template; and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions which cause the device to, while in the template editing mode;

detect an input that corresponds to a change in a default property of the first field in the template; and

in response to detecting the input;

change the default property of the first field in the template; and

change the default property of fields corresponding to the first field in the template in the two or more sheets in the electronic document that are based on the template.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to, while in the sheet editing mode:

detect an input that corresponds to a change in a first property of the first field from a default property to a custom property; and

in response to detecting the input, change the first property in the first field in the first sheet to the custom property without changing the default property in the first field in the template.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a first sheet of an electronic document having a plurality of sheets, wherein;

the first sheet includes a plurality of fields for inserting content in the electronic document; and

the first sheet is linked to a template of the electronic document that controls default properties of a first field of the plurality of fields;

while displaying the first sheet of the electronic document that includes the plurality of fields, detecting a gesture directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, wherein the gesture includes a press input from a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

,

in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, entering a sheet editing mode for editing content of the first field in the first sheet of the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, entering a template editing mode, which is distinct from the sheet editing mode, for editing default properties of the first field in the template of the electronic document.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the electronic document is a presentation document and the first sheet is a slide in the presentation document.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the electronic document is a word processing document and the first sheet is a page in the word processing document.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the default properties include one or more of:

text typeface, text size, text color, border color, border style, border width, fill color, fill style, opacity, paragraph spacing, line spacing, and a text wrapping property.

14. The device of claim 10, including instructions for:

prior to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, displaying representations of two or more sheets in the electronic document; and

,

while in the template editing mode, highlighting representations of a subset of the plurality of sheets in the electronic document, the subset comprising sheets that are based on the template.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein entering the template editing mode includes:

ceasing to display at least a portion of the first sheet;

displaying at least a portion of the template; and

displaying an animated transition corresponding to ceasing to display the portion of the first sheet and displaying the portion of the template.

16. The device of claim 10, including instructions for, while in the template editing mode, displaying a template switching interface that includes:

a representation of the template for the first sheet; and

a representation of a different template,

wherein selecting a representation of a first template in the template switching interface selects the first template for use as a template for the first sheet.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein:

two or more sheets in the electronic document, including the first sheet, are based on the template; and

the device includes instructions for, while in the template editing mode;

detecting an input that corresponds to a change in a default property of the first field in the template; and

in response to detecting the input;

changing the default property of the first field in the template; and

changing the default property of fields corresponding to the first field in the template in the two or more sheets in the electronic document that are based on the template.

18. The device of claim 10, including instructions for, while in the sheet editing mode:

detecting an input that corresponds to a change in a first property of the first field from a default property to a custom property; and

in response to detecting the input, changing the first property in the first field in the first sheet to the custom property without changing the default property in the first field in the template.

19. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

displaying a first sheet of an electronic document having a plurality of sheets, wherein;

the first sheet includes a plurality of fields for inserting content in the electronic document; and

the first sheet is linked to a template of the electronic document that controls default properties of a first field of the plurality of fields;

while displaying the first sheet of the electronic document that includes the plurality of fields, detecting a gesture directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, wherein the gesture includes a press input from a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

,

in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, entering a sheet editing mode for editing content of the first field in the first sheet of the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the press input, that was detected as part of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that is directed to the first field of the plurality of fields, reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, entering a template editing mode, which is distinct from the sheet editing mode, for editing default properties of the first field in the template of the electronic document.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the electronic document is a presentation document and the first sheet is a slide in the presentation document.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the electronic document is a word processing document and the first sheet is a page in the word processing document.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the default properties include one or more of:

text typeface, text size, text color, border color, border style, border width, fill color, fill style, opacity, paragraph spacing, line spacing, and a text wrapping property.

23. The method of claim 19, including:

prior to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, displaying representations of two or more sheets in the electronic document; and

,

while in the template editing mode, highlighting representations of a subset of the plurality of sheets in the electronic document, the subset comprising sheets that are based on the template.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein entering the template editing mode includes:

ceasing to display at least a portion of the first sheet;

displaying at least a portion of the template; and

displaying an animated transition corresponding to ceasing to display the portion of the first sheet and displaying the portion of the template.

25. The method of claim 19, including, while in the template editing mode, displaying a template switching interface that includes:

a representation of the template for the first sheet; and

a representation of a different template,

wherein selecting a representation of a first template in the template switching interface selects the first template for use as a template for the first sheet.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein:

two or more sheets in the electronic document, including the first sheet, are based on the template; and

the method includes, while in the template editing mode;

detecting an input that corresponds to a change in a default property of the first field in the template; and

in response to detecting the input;

changing the default property of the first field in the template; and

changing the default property of fields corresponding to the first field in the template in the two or more sheets in the electronic document that are based on the template.

27. The method of claim 19, including, while in the sheet editing mode:

detecting an input that corresponds to a change in a first property of the first field from a default property to a custom property; and

in response to detecting the input, changing the first property in the first field in the first sheet to the custom property without changing the default property in the first field in the template.