Patent ID: 8438500

Claim:
A method, comprising: at a computing device with a display: simultaneously displaying on the display: a plurality of user interface objects, wherein at least some of the user interface objects are configured to be resizable; a currently selected user interface object; and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object, wherein each respective resizing handle has a corresponding handle activation region with a default position relative to the respective resizing handle, a default size distinct from a displayed size of the respective resizing handle, and a default shape; detecting a first input on a first handle activation region for a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles; in response to detecting the first input: resizing the currently selected user interface object; and for at least one resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles, modifying a corresponding handle activation region by changing the position of the handle activation region relative to the resizing handle from the default position to a modified position and changing the size of the handle activation region from the default size to a modified size.