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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David E. Pugh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul van Brenk, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A 'safe zone' can be created within which the effect of the actual cursor position is overridden when selecting content. The start position and the end position of the selection can be compared. If the selection is a forward selection but the cursor position has moved upwards, the vertical component of the cursor position is overridden by the vertical position of the cursor at the start of the selection. If the selection is a reverse selection but the cursor position has moved downwards, the vertical component of the cursor position is overridden by the vertical position of the cursor at the start of the selection. The safe zone can have any kind of shape.