Abstract: A mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a pointer is displayed; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; in response to detecting a change in a horizontal position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the pointer is changed; and in response to detecting a change in a vertical position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: a vertical position of the pointer is changed; and a vertical position of the control icon is changed; and wherein a position of the pointer with respect to the control icon is changed.

Abstract: Detecting a selection of one or more files in a list of files; in response to detecting a selection of two one or more files selected from a group consisting of doc files and doc set files, displaying in a list of tab icons adjacent to a display-area a tab icon linked to each selected file; saving in a list of files a new doc set file comprising links to each selected file; and in response to detecting a selection of the new doc set file in the list of files, displaying in a list of tab icons adjacent to a display-area a tab icon linked to each file in the new doc set file; wherein a doc file is selected from a group consisting of a word processor file, a spreadsheet file, a presentation file, an image file, a drawing file, a PDF file, and a text file.

Abstract: A mobile computing device, comprising: a touch-sensitive display; a processor; a memory configured to store one or more programs; and wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more programs to cause the mobile computing device to: display a control icon; display an item preselection in a list of items; detect a contact on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting a change in a position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, change a position of the item preselection with respect to the list of items by an amount proportional to the change in a position of the contact; and in response to detecting a gesture on the control icon, select an item at a position of the item preselection in the list of items.

Abstract: A mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a pointer is displayed; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; and in response to detecting a change in a horizontal position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the pointer is changed wherein the horizontal position of the pointer with respect to the control icon is changed; and in response to detecting a change in a vertical position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: a vertical position of the pointer is changed; and a vertical position of the control icon is changed.

Abstract: A graphical user interface on a computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a selection is displayed within content; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; in response to detecting a change in a horizontal and vertical position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the selection relative to the control icon is changed and a vertical position of the selection is changed; and in response to detecting a tap and change in a position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a portion of the content is selected beginning at a position of the selection within the content.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for supporting reading at work are described. This includes, detecting the selection of one or more items in an electronic document library of items comprising docs and doc sets; in response to detecting the selection of two or more items in the electronic document library: saving in the electronic document library a doc set comprising links to each selected item, and displaying adjacent to a doc display area tab icons linked to each selected item; detecting the selection of a tab icon; in response to detecting the selection of a tab icon linked to a doc: displaying the doc in the doc display area.

Abstract: A device and method and graphical user interface for positioning a selection and selecting text on a mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display is described. This includes: displaying a selection having a selection start point and a selection end point within a text content having a text content type; determining the text content type; in response to determining that the text content type is editable text content, displaying the selection within the text content wherein the selection is a zero-length selection; in response to determining that the text content type is read-only text content, displaying the selection within the text content wherein the selection is a one-character-length selection; displaying a control icon; detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting a change in a position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, changing a position of the selection.

Abstract: A mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a pointer is displayed; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; and in response to detecting a change in a horizontal position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the pointer is changed wherein the horizontal position of the pointer with respect to the control icon is changed; and in response to detecting a change in a vertical position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: a vertical position of the pointer is changed; and a vertical position of the control icon is changed.

Abstract: A method, comprising: at a computing device running applications under a touch-based operating system: receiving data from a touchpad device; detecting a contact on the touchpad device; in response to detecting a contact comprising a tap gesture or click gesture, displaying a selection of length equal to zero within editable text content; in response to detecting a contact comprising a long-press gesture or long-click gesture, displaying a selection of length equal to one character within read-only text content; detecting a contact on the touchpad device; and in response to detecting a change in a position of the contact on the touchpad device, changing a position of the selection.

Abstract: Methods and graphical user interfaces for pointing and editing on computing devices with touch-sensitive displays are described. This includes at a mobile computing device with a touch sensitive display: displaying a pointer positioning and control icon; displaying a pointer; detecting a finger contact on the pointer positioning and control icon beginning at any position along a horizontal extent of the pointer positioning and control icon; and in response to detecting a change in the position of a finger contact on the pointer positioning and control icon from a first position to a second position: changing the position of the pointer on the touch sensitive display from a pointer first position to a pointer second position such that the change in a horizontal position of the pointer is proportional to the change in a horizontal position of the finger contact and the change in a vertical position of the pointer is proportional to the change in a vertical position of the finger contact.

Abstract: A device and method and graphical user interface for positioning a selection and selecting text on a mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display is described. This includes: displaying a selection having a selection start point and a selection end point within text content displaying a control icon; detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting a change in a horizontal and vertical position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: changing a selection position wherein a horizontal position of the selection start point is changed by an amount proportional to the change in a horizontal position of the contact and a vertical position of the selection start point is changed by an amount proportional to the change in a vertical position of the contact and wherein the horizontal position of the selection start point with respect to the control icon is changed and a vertical position of the control icon is changed.