Patent ID: 9098236
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An electronic device for composing a mail that includes an image and a text, the electronic device comprising: a display unit for displaying a first screen for displaying an overview of the mail and a second screen for editing an image or a text as an element to be added to the mail, in such a manner that the first screen and the second screen do not overlap each other, wherein the second screen comprises: a touch detecting unit for detecting a contact made with the first screen or the second screen as an operation; and a control unit for updating, when an operation with a touch maintained on the entered element in the input display area of the second screen, followed by a moving action toward the first screen is detected by the touch detecting unit, the overview of the mail that is displayed on the first screen in accordance with the operation, wherein the control unit is configured to insert, when the touch detecting unit detects an operation to move the element edited in the second screen to the first screen, the element into the first screen, wherein, when the touch detecting unit detects a touch maintained on the first screen as the operation, the control unit is configured to insert the element into the first screen at a position where the maintained touch is detected on the first screen, and wherein the control unit is configured to insert, when the element is a text and an alignment rule is applied to the position, the element into the first screen at the position accompanied with a space or tab character to comply with the alignment rule.