Multi-page content selection technique

摘要

A multi-page content selection mode is provided for devices and systems having display capability. The content may be any type (e.g., text, images, files, etc). In some cases, the user can engage the mode with a combination of gestures and touch points on a touch screen. The combination may include, for example, one or more initial touch points at a desired starting location of target content, followed by a dragging gesture moving from that location to a desired end location of that content. Content between the starting and end locations is selected. Input devices other than touch screens can be used to engage the selection process. During a multi-page selection process, content of a second page can be previewed in a preview area on a first displayed page. In some such cases, content from the second page scrolls into the preview area and displaces content from the first displayed page.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a display for displaying content to a user, the content being organized in a multi- column format having a plurality of pages with each page having at least a left column and a right column; and a user interface including a content selection mode configured to cause selection of all content between a first piece of content on a first displayed page and a second piece of content on a second page, wherein the content selection mode is further configured to preview selected content of the second page in a preview area within the right column on the first displayed page during a multipage selection process such that the left column of the first displayed page remains stationary while content from the second page scrolls upward from below into the right column preview area, displacing content from the right column of the first displayed page, and wherein the selected content remains selected until the content selection mode is affirmatively terminated.