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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Jeffrey Brent Kenney, Ottawa, CA;
Deepankar Banshilal Jain, Winona Lake, IN (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method of controlling a repeat rate of a button displayed on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device is described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a touch-sensitive display, comprising: displaying on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen including a user interface element, the user interface element being activatable by first control input to perform a single instance of an action; when a variable repeat control mode is activated: in response to receipt of a second control input, repeating the action associated with the user interface element at a rate dependent on the second control input; and when the variable repeat control mode is not activated: disabling ability of the second control input to cause the repeating of the action and enabling the first control input to cause a single instance of the action.