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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2006
Jeffrey Charles Hawkins, Atherton, CA (US);
Robert Yuji Haitani, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Cousineau, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jeffrey Charles Hawkins, Atherton, CA (US);
Robert Yuji Haitani, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Cousineau, Burlingame, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computing navigation mechanism includes a scroll wheel integrated below a keyboard layout for navigation of applications displayed on a computer screen. In one embodiment, the scroll wheel is configured to direct movement in response to a context of interaction with an application visible as active on the computer screen. The scroll wheel includes intra-element scrolling for moving content within a window of the application and for moving between items within a menu of the application and inter-element scrolling for moving between enabled links in the application. Intra-element scrolling may include pane scrolling to move content in the first direction or the second direction within the window pane of an application. It also may include selection scrolling to incrementally select between items in a menu list in a menu. In addition, inter-element scrolling comprises item scrolling, which incrementally moves between links within applications such as a web browser.