Method and apparatus for editing home screen in touch device

摘要

A method and apparatus for editing the home screen in a touch-enabled device enables the touch-enabled device to move a content item between pages of the home screen in an easy and intuitive way by: displaying a selected page as a current home screen; detecting a first interaction in the course of utilizing the home screen; displaying, when the first interaction is a page transition interaction, a transition mode screen; detecting a second interaction for moving a content item between pages while the transition mode screen is displayed; and moving the content item to a target page indicated by the second interaction.

主权项

1. A home screen management method in a touch-enabled device, comprising:
displaying on a touchscreen a current home screen including content items and a transition region indicating a position of the current home screen relative to one or more other home screens; in response to a first interaction with the transition region of the touchscreen, displaying a transition mode screen showing icons, displayed as thumbnails, representative of each of the home screens; in response to a second interaction of dragging at least one of the content items from the current home screen to an icon representing a target home screen in the transition region, displaying the one or more other home screens as a target home screen on a full area of the touchscreen; and setting at least one content item to a desired location in the target home screen.