Patent ID: 8612884

Claim:
A computing device, comprising: a touch-sensitive display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: simultaneously displaying on the touch-sensitive display: a currently selected user interface object having a center; and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object; detecting a first contact on a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles; detecting movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display; and, in response to detecting movement of the first contact: when a second contact on the currently selected user interface object, distinct from the first contact and stationary, is not detected on the touch-sensitive display while detecting movement of the first contact, resizing the currently selected user interface object by moving the first resizing handle in accordance with the movement of the first contact; and, when the second contact on the currently selected user interface object, distinct from the first contact and stationary, is concurrently detected on the touch-sensitive display while detecting movement of the first contact, resizing the currently selected user interface object about the center of the currently selected user interface object, wherein the center of the resized object remains fixed at a location on the display during the resizing.