METHOD AND ELECTRONIC TERMINAL FOR SEARCHING FOR CONTACT IN DIRECTORY

摘要

The present disclosure discloses a method for searching for a contact in a list of contact entries performed at a computing device, the method including: displaying a list of contact entries in a first display area; displaying a list of top-level indexes in a second display area; when a first target index is selected, locating a sub-list of contact entries matching the first target index and displaying them in the first display area in an order defined by the first target index; obtaining a list of sub-level indexes through aggregation; displaying the list of sub-level indexes in a third display area; and when a second target index in the list of sub-level indexes is selected, locating a sub-list of contact entries matching the second target index and displaying them in the first display area in an order defined by the second target index.

主权项

1. A method for searching for a contact in a list of contact entries, comprising:
at a computing device having a processor, memory for storing one or more program modules to be executed by the processor, and a display:
displaying at least a subset of a list of contact entries in a first display area of the display;displaying a list of top-level indexes of the list of contact entries in a second display area of the display adjacent the first display area;when it is detected that a first target index in the list of top-level indexes is selected, locating a sub-list of contact entries matching the first target index and displaying the sub-list of contact entries matching the first target index in the first display area in an order defined by the first target index;obtaining a list of sub-level indexes from the sub-list of contact entries through aggregation;displaying the list of sub-level indexes in a third display area of the display adjacent the second display area; andwhen it is detected that a second target index in the list of sub-level indexes is selected, locating a sub-list of contact entries matching the second target index and displaying the sub-list of contact entries matching the second target index in the first display area in an order defined by the second target index.