USER CONFIGURABLE SUBDIVISION OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS AND FULL-SCREEN ACCESS TO SUBDIVIDED ELEMENTS

摘要

According to a method, while displaying a current user interface element on a touch screen of a multi-touch device, a gesture on the touch screen display that intersects the current user interface element is detected. In response to detecting the gesture, the current user interface element is reconfigured to have about half of its original size. A new user interface element is configured to have a size approximately equal to the reconfigured user interface element. The new user interface element and reconfigured current user interface element are displayed adjacent each other. The location of the gesture within the original user interface element can determine the proportions of the resulting reconfigured and new user interface elements. A pinch/unpinch gesture pair can configured for use in a binary mode as a “switch” to transition back and forth between displaying the user interface element at its current size and a predetermined enlarged size.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
displaying a user interface on a touch screen of a multi-touch device, wherein the user interface comprises at least one current user interface element; while displaying the current user interface element, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display that intersects the current user interface element; and in response to detecting the gesture, reconfiguring the current user interface element to have about half of its original size and displaying a reconfigured current user interface element; configuring a new user interface element to have a size approximately equal to the reconfigured user interface element and displaying the new user interface element adjacent the reconfigured current user interface element.