ENHANCED DISPLAY OF INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS IN A BROWSER

摘要

A method, system and electronic device are provided for processing touch inputs on a touchscreen display. A starting touch input is detected on a document displayed at an initial scale on the touchscreen. If the starting touch input is within a disambiguation region for a number of interactive elements in the document, while contact is maintained on the display a further view of the document at an enlarged scale is displayed showing the area of the touch input. When an ending touch input is detected, one interactive element may be selected according to the location of the ending touch input, and an interaction function, such as requesting a resource hyperlinked by the selected interactive element, is automatically initiated.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
displaying a document at an initial scale in a first view on a touchscreen display, the document comprising a plurality of interactive elements; detecting a starting touch input initiating a contact on the touchscreen display at a touch point, the touch point having an initial position within the first view; determining whether the initial position is within a disambiguation region for the plurality of interactive elements; when the initial position is determined to be within the disambiguation region:
while the contact is maintained on the touchscreen display,
displaying a region of the document at an enlarged scale in a second view, the region initially being defined by the initial position and including the plurality of interactive elements;detecting a moving touch input within the first view indicating movement of the touch point from the initial position to a final position; anddetecting an ending touch input at the final position, the ending touch input ending the contact on the touchscreen display; andin response to the ending touch input, identifying one of the plurality of interactive elements corresponding to the final position, and automatically initiating an interaction function with the identified one of the plurality of interactive elements.