Patent ID: 8584049
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: outputting, by a computing device and for display, a text display region comprising one or more characters; responsive to receiving an indication of an input unit detected at a first location of a presence-sensitive input device, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a graphical indicator comprising a representation of a threshold distance; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to a second location of the presence-sensitive input device; responsive to receiving the indication of the gesture, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the first location to the second location; determining, by the computing device, that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies the threshold distance; and deleting, by the computing device and in response to determining that the threshold distance is satisfied, the one or more characters from the text display region.