Patent ID: 7689914

Claim:
A method of manipulating an element in a user interface on a display device of a computer, comprising the steps of: placing a cursor over an element in the user interface; receiving, for an input device in a first state connected to the computer, a control input containing an actuation of the input device to place the input device in a second state; receiving, from the input device, a control input containing a deactivation of the input device to return the input device to the first state; determining whether the actuation and the deactivation of the input device occurs within a predetermined amount of time; receiving, from the input device, a control input containing an instruction to drag the element in the user interface in accordance with a movement of the input device; and moving the element in the user interface in accordance with the movement of the input device when the actuation and the deactivation of the input device occurs within the predetermined amount of time.