MULTI-SELECTOR CONTEXTUAL ACTION PATHS

摘要

An electronic device, computer implemented method and computer program product adapted to facilitate the management of and application of actions to objects displayed on the electronic device are disclosed. A wire metaphor, including so-called pass-through and lassoing techniques are used to illustrate the use of an uninterrupted gesture path to facilitate the contextual selection and application of a predefined action to associated target objects displayed on a mobile device that employs a touch screen user interface. Examples of such actions include grouping, moving, arranging, aligning, distributing, joining, and applying a theme to the selected target objects.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of using an uninterrupted gesture path to contextually apply an action to objects on a display of an electronic device, said computer implemented method comprising:
concurrently displaying objects on the display, wherein said objects include target objects associated with at least one action object that when invoked will apply a predefined action to one or more selected associated target objects; detecting an input to a first associated target object, in response to said concurrently displaying objects on the display; displaying at least one action object, in response to said detecting an input to a first associated target object; detecting the input as selecting a displayed action object and tracking the input as an uninterrupted input gesture path; providing contextual feedback to indicate one or more other target objects that can be selectably associated with the displayed action object, in response to said selecting the displayed action; detecting and tracking the uninterrupted input gesture path as selecting said one or more other target objects, in response to said providing contextual feedback to indicate one or more other target objects that can be selectably associated with the displayed action object; detecting an interruption of the input gesture path; and invoking the displayed action object and applying the predefined action to selected associated target objects, in response to said detecting an interruption of the input gesture path.