User interface for a touch sensitive display on an electronic device
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a touch sensitive display; and
a processor configured to execute a text editing application to;
display a user interface for the text editing application, the user interface including a user input area to receive user input and a text composition area to display text output;
display a user input interface in the input area, wherein the user input interface comprises a touch-sensitive keypad;
scroll through a plurality of user documents within the input area responsive to receiving one or more user commands, each user document being associated with another user application and comprising arbitrary text;
receive user input indicating selection of a user document from the plurality of user documents;
replace, responsive to a user command, the user input interface displayed in the input area with the selected user document that includes arbitrary text while continuing to display text output in the text composition area; and
copy and paste arbitrary text selected by the user from the selected user document displayed in the input area into the text composition area.
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Abstract
A user interface (UI) for a text editing application executing on an electronic device, such as a wireless communication device, partitions a touch-sensitive display into two functional areas, a user input area and a text composition area. The UI displays text output in the text composition area and allows a user to scroll “user documents” through the input area. From an active user document displayed in the input area, users can automatically copy-and-paste text directly into a text area without having to exit the text editing application.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch sensitive display; and a processor configured to execute a text editing application to; display a user interface for the text editing application, the user interface including a user input area to receive user input and a text composition area to display text output; display a user input interface in the input area, wherein the user input interface comprises a touch-sensitive keypad; scroll through a plurality of user documents within the input area responsive to receiving one or more user commands, each user document being associated with another user application and comprising arbitrary text; receive user input indicating selection of a user document from the plurality of user documents; replace, responsive to a user command, the user input interface displayed in the input area with the selected user document that includes arbitrary text while continuing to display text output in the text composition area; and copy and paste arbitrary text selected by the user from the selected user document displayed in the input area into the text composition area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of editing text on an electronic device having a touch display, the method comprising:
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displaying a user interface for a text editing application executing on the electronic device to include a user input area to receive user input and a text composition area to display text output; displaying a user input interface in the input area, wherein the user input interface comprises a touch-sensitive keypad; scrolling through a plurality of user documents within the input area responsive to receiving one or more user commands, each user document being associated with another application and comprising arbitrary text; receiving user input indicating selection of a user document from the plurality of user documents; replacing the user input interface displayed in the input area with the selected user document that includes arbitrary text while continuing to display text output in the text composition area; and copying and pasting arbitrary text selected by the user from the selected user document displayed in the input area into the text composition area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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