ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POSITION INDICATOR
A method includes displaying information including a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting an indicator control mode input, in response to detecting the indicator control mode input, displaying an indicator controller associated with a position indicator, the indicator controller having a first area associated with a first direction and a second area associated with a second direction, when a tap is detected at a location associated with the first area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the first direction, and when a tap is detected at a location associated with the second area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the second direction.
1 . A method comprising:
displaying information including a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device;
detecting an indicator control mode input;
in response to detecting the indicator control mode input, displaying an indicator controller associated with a position indicator, the indicator controller having a first area associated with a first direction and a second area associated with a second direction;
when a tap is detected at a location associated with the first area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the first direction; and
when a tap is detected at a location associated with the second area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the second direction.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator control mode input comprises a touch at a touch location associated with the information and wherein the position indicator is displayed at a character associated with the touch location.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction and the second direction comprise left and right directions relative to the orientation of the displayed information.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator controller has a third area associated with a third direction.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein when a tap is detected at a location associated with the third area, moving the position indicator by a single line in the third direction.
6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the indicator controller has a fourth area associated with a fourth direction.
7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first area, the second area, the third area, and the fourth area comprise left, right, up and down relative to the orientation of the displayed information.
8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein when a tap is detected at a location associated with the third area, moving the position indicator by a single line in the third direction and when a tap is detected at a location associated with the fourth area, moving the position indicator by a single line in the fourth direction.
9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the indicator controller comprises displaying such that the indicator controller is centered on the position indicator.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein characters displayed where the indicator controller is displayed, are visible when the indicator controller is displayed.
11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characters displayed in an indicator controller area, are displayed at a larger size to appear magnified when the indicator controller is displayed.
12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator controller is moved along with the position indicator.
13 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising discontinuing displaying the indicator controller when a new character is entered in the information or when a character is deleted from the information.
14 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising displaying a keyboard during displaying the indicator controller.
15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting an indicator control mode input comprises detecting a touch associated with the plurality of characters displayed on the touch-sensitive display.
16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting an indicator control mode input comprises receiving a selection of an option to enter the indicator control mode.
17 . A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method according to claim 1 .
18 . An electronic device comprising:
a touch-sensitive display; and
at least one processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to display information including a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detect a indicator control mode input, in response to detecting the indicator control mode input, display an indicator controller associated with a position indicator, the indicator controller having a first area associated with a first direction and a second area associated with a second direction, when a tap is detected at a location associated with the first area, move the position indicator, by a single character within the plurality of characters, in the first direction, and when a tap is detected at a location associated with the second area, move the position indicator, by a single character within the plurality of characters, in the second direction.