Macro/micro control user interface element

摘要

A user interface element includes a display area configured to display a value, an increment button configured to increment the displayed value, a decrement button configured to decrement the displayed value, and a slider configured to allow a user to rapidly increase or decrease the displayed value by sliding a finger across the slider.

主权项

1. A method of receiving user input comprising:
(a) displaying via a touchscreen display a user interface element comprising
(i) a display area configured to display a value,(ii) an increment button configured to increment the displayed value,(iii) a decrement button configured to decrement the displayed value,(iv) a slider configured to allow a user to increase or decrease the displayed value by sliding a finger across the slider; (b) receiving, via the touchscreen display, first input from a user corresponding to sliding a finger across the slider to a first end of the slider; (c) electronically determining that the user input corresponds to desired user entry using the user interface element; (d) modifying the displayed value based on the received first input from the user; (e) receiving, via the touchscreen display, second input from the user corresponding to again sliding a finger across the slider to the first end of the slider; (f) electronically determining that the user input corresponds to desired user entry using the user interface element; and (g) further modifying the displayed value based on the received second input from the user; (h) wherein the display area configured to display a value is separate from the slider such that a user can utilize his or her finger to adjust the slider without obscuring the display area configured to display a value; (i) wherein the user can repeatedly slide a finger across the slider in the same direction to continue to increase or decrease the displayed value, even after the user has already slid a finger all the way across the slider in that direction; (j) wherein the user interface element is configured such that engaging the increment button and sliding a finger across the slider in a first direction results in a lower rate of change than would otherwise occur if a finger was slid across the slider in the same manner at the same speed without engaging the increment button; and (k) wherein the user interface element is configured such that engaging the increment button and sliding a finger across the slider in a second direction results in a greater rate of change than would otherwise occur if a finger was slid across the slider in the same manner at the same speed without engaging the increment button, the second direction being opposite the first direction.