Electronic device and method of controlling same

摘要

Provided are an electronic device wherein an application can be started up easily using text and so forth displayed in a display unit, and a method of controlling same. A start-up unit uses inputted text to start up an application which executes various functions. If text being displayed on the display unit has been selected as a result of a detection unit detecting that contact has been made to a region in which any of the text characters of the same text is displayed, an application control unit causes the display unit to display an application start-up display to which an application is associated.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display unit; a detecting unit which detects contact to the display unit; a starting unit which starts an application; a control unit which, in a state where text is displayed on the display unit, displays on the display unit an application starting display associated with an application, in a case where text is selected by the detecting unit detecting contact to a region where the text is displayed, wherein in a state where text is displayed on the display unit, in a case where text is selected by the detecting unit detecting contact to a region where the text is displayed, the control unit displays on the display unit an icon associated with the application as the application starting display, and in a case where contact to a region, where the icon is displayed, is detected by the detecting unit, causes the starting unit to start an application associated with an icon on which the contact is detected and inputs the selected text into a text input region of the application.