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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Simon Thorsander, Eslöv, SE;
Inventor:
Simon Thorsander, Eslöv, SE;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes, detecting a first touch input representing a selection of multiple rows of text displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, determining whether a complete row of text has been selected from a start point or to an end point of the selected text, and, displaying a paragraph selection handle proximal to said row, the paragraph selection handle being responsive to a second touch input to place the electronic device in a paragraph selection mode for the selection of text.