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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Morgan Winer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dylan Ross Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Toby Paterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marcos Alonso, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to selecting text. An example method includes displaying, a focus indicator at a first location; while displaying the focus indicator, detecting a gesture at a first touch location that corresponds to the focus indicator; while detecting the gesture, detecting movement of the gesture to a second touch location; in response to detecting movement of the gesture to the second touch location: in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a first direction, moving the focus indicator to a second indicator location; in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a second direction, moving the focus indicator to a third location; while the focus indicator is at a fourth location, detecting liftoff of the gesture; and in response to detecting the liftoff, maintaining display of the focus indicator at the fourth location.