Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating soft keyboards
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface concurrently displays on the display an application content area and an unsplit keyboard, the unsplit keyboard being located at a bottom of the display. T
Patent Number
US 8587547
Status
Active
Filing Date
September 23, 2011
Grant Date
November 19, 2013
Expiration
~September 2031 (estimated)
Claims
23
Assignee
Apple Inc
Inventors
Scott Forstall, Jonathan Koch, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill
Citations
6 forward · 122 backward
What it covers
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface concurrently displays on the display an application content area and an unsplit keyboard, the unsplit keyboard being located at a bottom of the display. The device detects a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the device converts the unsplit keyboard into a split keyboard and moves the split keyboard away from the bottom of the display over the application content area in accordance with the first gesture.
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