Gestures for keyboard switch
View Patent ↗In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device; and, in response to a touch gesture comprising a path comprising two or more points on the touch-screen display, displaying a second one of the keyboards on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards.
1. A method comprising:
by a computing device, displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the computing device;
by the computing device, detecting a touch gesture on the touch-screen display, wherein the touch gesture comprises a path that comprises two or more points on the touch-screen display;
by the computing device, determining based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display, and wherein the determination is based on an order of a list of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based at least in part on a stored user preference; and
by the computing device, displaying with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture is a swipe touch gesture.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a one-finger swipe touch gesture.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a two-finger swipe touch gesture.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises a standard layout and the second one of the keyboards comprises a non-standard layout.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the standard layout is a QWERTY layout and the non-standard layout is a Dvorak simplified keyboard.
10. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device;
detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display, wherein the touch gesture comprises a path that comprises two or more points on the touch-screen display;
determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display, and wherein the determination is based on an order of a list of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based at least in part on a stored user preference; and
display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.
11. The media of claim 10 , wherein the touch gesture is a swipe touch gesture.
12. The media of claim 11 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a one-finger swipe touch gesture.
13. The media of claim 11 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a two-finger swipe touch gesture.
14. The media of claim 10 , wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.
15. The media of claim 10 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to display with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.
16. The media of claim 10 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.
17. A device comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to:
display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the device;
detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display, wherein the touch gesture comprises a path that comprises two or more points on the touch-screen display;
determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display, and wherein the determination is based on an order of a list of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based at least in part on a stored user preference; and
display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.
18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the touch gesture is a swipe touch gesture.
19. The media of claim 10 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises a standard layout and the second one of the keyboards comprises a non-standard layout.
20. The media of claim 19 , wherein the standard layout is a QWERTY layout and the non-standard layout is a Dvorak simplified keyboard.
21. The device of claim 18 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a one-finger swipe touch gesture.
22. The device of claim 18 , wherein the swipe touch gesture is a two-finger swipe touch gesture.
23. The device of claim 17 , wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.
24. The device of claim 17 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to display with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.
25. The device of claim 17 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.
26. The device of claim 17 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises a standard layout and the second one of the keyboards comprises a non-standard layout.
27. The device of claim 26 , wherein the standard layout is a QWERTY layout and the non-standard layout is a Dvorak simplified keyboard.