Link Gestures

Abstract

Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including bimodal gestures (e.g., using more than one type of input) and single modal gestures. Additionally, the gesture techniques may be configured to leverage these different input types to increase the amount of gestures that are made available to initiate operations of a computing device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:
 recognizing, by the computing device via a touch screen, a first user input as selecting and holding a first user interface object displayed at a first location on the touch screen by a display device;   recognizing, by the computing device via the touch screen, a second user input as movement at least twice across one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object; and   identifying, by the computing device, a cut gesture from the recognized first and second user inputs, the cut gesture effective to cause the displayed selected and held first user interface object to appear as cut along the movement.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  where the movement begins outside the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  where the movement begins within the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  where the movement comprises multiple overlapping strokes that collectively cross the one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising displacing, based on the identified cut gesture, one or more portions of the displayed selected and held first user interface object along the movement. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  where each subsequent crossing beyond two crossings by the movement of a boundary of the displayed selected and held first user interface object is identified as another cut gesture additional to the identified cut gesture. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  where the movement is displayed as an ink stroke prior to the cut gesture being identified. 
     
     
         8 . A computing device comprising:
 at least one processor;   memory couple to the at least one processor;   a touch screen coupled to the at least one processor and via which the computing device is configured to:
 recognize a first user input as selecting and holding a first user interface object displayed at a first location on the touch screen by a display device, and 
 recognize a second user input as movement at least twice across one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object; and 
   the computing device configured to identify a cut gesture from the recognized first and second user inputs, the cut gesture effective to cause the displayed selected and held first user interface object to appear as cut along the movement.   
     
     
         9 . The computing device of  claim 8  where the movement begins outside the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         10 . The computing device of  claim 8  where the movement begins within the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         11 . The computing device of  claim 8  where the movement comprises multiple overlapping strokes that collectively cross the one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         12 . The computing device of  claim 8  further configured to displace, based on the identified cut gesture, one or more portions of the displayed selected and held first user interface object along the movement. 
     
     
         13 . The computing device of  claim 8  where each subsequent crossing by the movement of a boundary of the displayed selected and held first user interface object beyond two crossings is identified as another cut gesture additional to the identified cut gesture. 
     
     
         14 . The computing device of  claim 8  where the movement is displayed as an ink stroke prior to the cut gesture being identified. 
     
     
         15 . At least one hardware computer-readable medium that includes computer-executable instructions that, based on execution by a computing device, configure the computing device to perform actions comprising:
 recognizing, by the computing device via a touch screen, a first user input as selecting and holding a first user interface object displayed at a first location on the touch screen by a display device;   recognizing, by the computing device via the touch screen, a second user input as movement at least twice across one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object; and   
       identifying, by the computing device, a cut gesture from the recognized first and second user inputs, the cut gesture effective to cause the displayed selected and held first user interface object to appear as cut along the movement. 
     
     
         16 . The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of  claim 15  where the movement begins outside the selected and held first user interface object, or where the movement begins within the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         17 . The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of  claim 15  where the movement comprises multiple overlapping strokes that collectively cross the one or more boundaries of the selected and held first user interface object. 
     
     
         18 . The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of  claim 15  where the movement is displayed as an ink stroke prior to the cut gesture being identified. 
     
     
         19 . The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of  claim 15  further comprising displacing, based on the identified cut gesture, one or more portions of the displayed selected and held first user interface object along the movement. 
     
     
         20 . The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of  claim 15  where each subsequent crossing by the movement of a boundary of the displayed selected and held first user interface object beyond two crossings is identified as another cut gesture additional to the identified cut gesture.