Electronic device and method of controlling same
View Patent ↗A method includes detecting a touch associated with an edge of a display of an electronic device, identifying a navigation device function associated with the touch, and performing the navigation device function.
1. A method comprising:
detecting a first touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device;
in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between the display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch:
identifying a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on a location of the first touch and the location of the second touch and performing the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
identifying a left mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on the location of the first touch and performing the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch;
in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area:
Performing a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the mouse-click function comprises displaying a plurality of selectable features based on a location of the second touch.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the mouse-click function is a right mouse-click function, performing the mouse-click function comprises displaying a menu of selectable options associated with the second touch.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting the first touch near the boundary comprises detecting the first touch when the location of the first touch is on the non-display area of the touch-sensitive display.
5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of the electronic device to perform the method of claim 1 .
6. An electronic device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display;
a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to:
detect a first touch on a touch-sensitive display
in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between a display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch:
identify a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch based on a location of the first touch and a location of the second touch and perform the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
identify a left mouse-click function associated with the touch based on the location of the first touch and perform the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;
wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch;
in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area:
perform a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary.
7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein when the mouse-click function comprises a right-mouse-click function, performing the mouse-click function comprises displaying a menu of selectable options associated with a displayed feature.