Patent ID: 9720583
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for receiving input to adjust a value, comprising: creating a document, with text provided by a user, on a graphical display; storing the document as a computer file; displaying a value within the document on the graphical display; determining when the value is selected in the document; in response to determining to edit the value selected in the document, displaying a user interface element that displays an indicator for adjusting the value selected in the document that is determined from discrete values in the user interface element; while displaying the value selected in the document, adjusting the discrete values in the user interface element without updating the display of the value selected in the document; in response to adjusting the discrete values in the user interface element, adjusting the display of the user interface element to a new value; and after adjusting the display of the user interface element to the new value, showing the value selected in the document as changing to the new value from the user interface element.