ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
A method includes detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display, determining an element associated with the edge, and opening the element.
1 . A method comprising:
detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display;
based on attributes of the gesture, displaying information associated with a next element of a first group.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gesture is associated with an edge of the display based on an origin point of the gesture.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gesture is associated with an edge when the gesture crosses a boundary of the touch-sensitive display.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gesture is associated with the edge when the origin point of the gesture is near an edge of a display.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the next element comprises one of a preceding element or a succeeding element of the first group.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the next element comprises a succeeding element of the first group when the gesture is associated with a first corner of the touch-sensitive display and the next element comprises a preceding element of the first group when the gesture is associated with a second corner of the touch-sensitive display.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying information associated with the next element of the first group comprises discontinuing displaying information associated with another element of the first group.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying information associated with the next element of the first group comprises displaying a preview of the information associated with the next element.
9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the preview comprises one of an icon representative of the element, a partial view of information stored in association with the element, and a word identifying the element.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising detecting a gesture associated with another edge of the display and, based on attributes of the gesture, displaying information associated with a next element of a second group.
11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the next element in the group is determined based on gesture attributes.
12 . A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the electronic device to perform the method of claim 1 .
13 . An electronic device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display;
a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to detect a gesture associated with an edge of a display, and based on attributes of the gesture, display information associated with a next element of a first group.
14 . The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the touch-sensitive display comprises a display and at least one touch-sensitive input device that is disposed on a display area and a non-display area of the display.
15 . The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the attributes of the gesture include at least one of an origin point and an end point and at least one of a direction, a speed, a duration, and a length of the gesture.
16 . The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein display of information associated with another element of the first group is discontinued when information associated with the next element of the first group is displayed.
17 . The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein information associated with a next element of the first group comprises a preview of information.
18 . A method comprising:
detecting a gesture associated with an edge of a display;
determining an element associated with the edge;
opening the element.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the edge is one of a corner of the touch-sensitive display and a side of the touch-sensitive display.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the display comprises a touch-sensitive display.
21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the touch-sensitive display comprises a display area where information is displayed and a non-display area where no information is displayed.
22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the edge is one of a corner of the display area and a side of the display area.
23 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the edge is one of a corner of the non-display area and a side of the non-display area.
24 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the edge is associated with a plurality of elements.
25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein determining the element comprises identifying a first element of the plurality of elements.
26 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
detecting that the gesture is sustained;
displaying information associated with a plurality of elements associated with the edge;
wherein the information is displayed for one of the plurality of elements at a time;
wherein determining the element comprises identifying the element for which information is displayed when the sustained gesture ends.
27 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the information is displayed in turn in an order for at least some of the plurality of elements.
28 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the information is displayed upon detection of the gesture.
29 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the gesture has an origin or an endpoint associated with the edge.
30 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the gesture at least touches the edge.
31 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the display comprises a display area where information is displayed and a non-display area where no information is displayed, and at least a part of a touch sensor is disposed in the non-display area.
32 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising an image associated with a peel at the edge while the gesture is not detected.
33 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising detecting a second gesture associated with the edge and closing the first element.
34 . An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to detect a gesture associated with an edge of a display, determine an element associated with the edge, and open the element.
35 . A method comprising:
detecting a gesture associated with a first edge of a touch-sensitive display, wherein the first edge is associated with a first plurality of elements;
displaying information associated with the first plurality of elements, wherein the information is displayed for one of the plurality of elements at a time;
when the gesture ends at a time, identifying a first element of the first plurality of elements for which first element information is displayed at the time.
36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the first element is opened.
37 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the first element is closed when the first element is open at the time of detecting.
38 . The method of claim 35 , wherein a second edge of the touch-sensitive display is associated with a second plurality of elements.