Method and apparatus for gesture based copying of attributes

摘要

A method and apparatus for copying of attributes of user interface (UI) elements on a touch screen display is disclosed. The method comprises detecting a gesture of a plurality of predefined gestures made on a UI element displayed on a touch screen display, wherein the gesture selectively signifies at least one attribute to copy; determining a source UI element based on the gesture; determining the at least one attribute to copy based on the gesture; and applying the determined attribute from the source UI element to a target UI element displayed on the touch screen display.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for gesture based copying of formatting attributes of user interface (UI) elements comprising:
detecting a gesture, of a plurality of predefined gestures that are each mapped to a particular formatting attribute, made on a selected source UI element of potential source UI elements, wherein the gesture is mapped to a selected one formatting attribute to copy of a plurality of selectable formatting attributes; determining the selected source UI element on which the gesture was detected; identifying the selected one formatting attribute of the selected source UI element to copy signified by the gesture; detecting selection of a target UI element, from a plurality of UI elements displayed on a touch screen display, on which to copy the selected one formatting attribute of the selected source UI element; and applying the selected one formatting attribute identified from the selected source UI element to the target UI element displayed on the touch screen display.