Abstract: A method and device for controlling a screen displayed on a display of an electronic device are provided. Aspects include displaying, on a first region of the display, a host window corresponding to an application run on the electronic device. Aspects also include displaying the first dependent window on a second region of the display corresponding to the first region based at least in part on a call of a first dependent window among dependent windows that are dependent on the host window. Aspects further include stacking and displaying, on the second region, a second dependent window among the dependent windows based at least in part on an event occurring in the first dependent window. Aspects further include initializing window display on the second region based at least in part on an event occurring in the host window.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing having a first surface, a second surface facing an opposite direction to the first surface, and a first lateral member surrounding a first space between the first surface and the second surface and a second housing, which is connected to the first housing to be foldable about a folding axis by using a hinge structure, and having, in an unfolded state, a third surface facing same direction as the first surface, a fourth surface facing an opposite direction to the third surface, and a second lateral member surrounding a second space between the third surface and the fourth surface. The electronic device includes a first display provided on at least a portion of the first surface and at least a portion of the third surface.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen and at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen. The at least one processor is configured to display an execution screen of a first application on the touch screen, based on receiving a drag input for one of a plurality of pieces of content included in the execution screen of the first application, identify whether the drag input moves to a preset area, based on the drag input moving to the preset area, identify a second application related to a property of the one piece of content, based on receiving a drop input after the drag input, divide the touch screen based on a position at which the drop input is received, display the execution screen of the first application in a first divided area, and display an execution screen of the second application in a second divided area.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor module, at least one display, a memory, and at least one processor. The at least one processor displays a plurality of components through the display in a first mode of the electronic device, determines a pivot region including a plurality of grids, detects a change to a second mode of the electronic device based on sensing information sensed through the sensor module, and maintains a layout of components included in the pivot region and display the plurality of components in the second mode.

Abstract: An electronic device having a flexible display and a method for providing a control object, based on a user's gripping state of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor. The processor may control the display such that an execution screen of an application is displayed in a designated state of the electronic device. The processor may detect a control object from the execution screen. The processor may determine a user's gripping state. The processor may identify at least one target control object from the control object, based on the designated state and the gripping state. The processor may provide a duplicate control object corresponding to a control object identified as the target control object to an optimization region corresponding to the gripping state.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a foldable housing including a hinge connecting a first and second housing, a first bendable display, a second display oriented facing the first display, at least one sensor for detecting the bending, a memory and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting bending by the sensor while displaying an application, determining to pre-generate another screen of the application based on the bending angle, pre-generating the second execution screen before the change in the angle is reaches a threshold value, and active a deactivated display and display the second execution screen on the activated display when the angle surpasses the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display, a second display disposed in a direction opposite to the first display, a processor and memory storing instructions, which when executed, cause the electronic device to output a content through the first display. The instructions are configured to cause the electronic device to identify a direction of an external electronic device connected to the electronic device through short-range communication scheme with respect to the electronic device while outputting the content. The instructions are configured to cause the electronic device to, in response to identifying that the direction of the external electronic device is within a first range of directions, keep outputting the content through the first display. The instructions are configured to cause the electronic device to, in response to identifying that the direction of the external electronic device is within a second range of directions, output the content through the second display.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for performing a content search using a keypad (or a keyboard) in an electronic device. The electronic device according to various embodiments include a display; a wireless communication circuit; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: display an execution screen of an application; detect a first input for calling a keypad; display the keypad on the execution screen; detect a second input for a smart search while displaying the keypad; request a content search from at least one application of the electronic device; and display a search result searched by the at least one application through the keypad. Other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to identify a first object and first data for content constituting the first object, receive an input for selecting a second object, generate a third object by synthesizing the second object based on the first object, display, on the display, third data for the generated third object and content constituting the third object, execute the second object on the displayed third object in case of detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event, and map a control of second data for content constituting the executed second object onto the third object and the third data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a touch screen, a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to detect a handwriting recognition request for a first handwriting input while displaying the first handwriting input on the touch screen, in response to detecting the handwriting recognition request, perform the handwriting recognition for the first handwriting input to identify a text corresponding to the first handwriting input, apply at least one color of the first handwriting input identified based on the handwriting recognition to the text, present a first rich text to which the at least one color has been applied, adjacent to the first handwriting input, and in response to a request for replacing the first handwriting input with the first rich text, replace the first handwriting input with the first rich text.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processor of an electronic device is configured to identify the direction of the electronic device using a sensor of the electronic device. The processor outputs an acoustic signal representing a vibration notification for a preset event through a speaker of the electronic device, based on identifying a direction corresponding to a reference direction for representing the vibration notification for the preset event using the speaker. The processor is configured to refrain from outputting the acoustic signal through the speaker based on identifying the direction different from the reference direction, and vibrate the housing using the haptic actuator of the electronic device to output the vibration notification regarding the preset event.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a communication module configured to perform wireless connection with a stylus pen, a processor operably coupled to the display and the communication module, and a memory storing programming instructions. The processor implements the method, including: receiving, via the communication module, a gesture input from the stylus pen while the stylus pen is spaced apart from the display, determining that a gesture identification error has occurs based on the received the gesture input, and controlling the display to display a visual guide related to the gesture identification error.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen and at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen. The at least one processor is configured to display an execution screen of a first application on the touch screen, based on receiving a drag input for one of a plurality of pieces of content included in the execution screen of the first application, identify whether the drag input moves to a preset area, based on the drag input moving to the preset area, identify a second application related to a property of the one piece of content, based on receiving a drop input after the drag input, divide the touch screen based on a position at which the drop input is received, display the execution screen of the first application in a first divided area, and display an execution screen of the second application in a second divided area.

Abstract: A method for operating capturing by an electronic device is provided. The method includes capturing a screen displayed on a display, extracting at least one region and/or block region from the captured screen, determining whether a command to modify the captured screen has been received, when it is determined that a command to modify the captured screen has been received, determining whether there is a region of interest (ROI) in the captured screen, based on the extracted at least one region and/or block region, and when the ROI exists, displaying a user interface for suggesting the region of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device for processing a handwriting input and including a touch screen, a processor operatively connected with the touch screen, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to perform handwriting recognition for a first handwriting input of a user displayed on the touch screen, to convert the first handwriting input into a text, identify at least one of an attribute or characteristic of the first handwriting input, apply at least one of the identified attribute or characteristic to the converted text, and in response to a request for conversion of the first handwriting input, replace the first handwriting input into a text (herein after, a first rich text) to which the identified at least one of the attribute or characteristic has been applied.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a communication module; memory; a display module; and a processor. The processor may determine that an electronic pen event associated with an electronic pen is being executed; receive one or more pieces of motion information from the electronic pen; buffer one or more pieces of motion information into the memory; determine pen pointer coordinates on the display module based on the buffered one or more pieces of motion information; and display a pen pointer on the display module on the basis of the determined pen pointer coordinates and one or more pieces of motion information.

Abstract: An electronic device may include: a display for displaying content; a memory for storing data corresponding to the content; and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: display content on the display; in response to a user input related to copying, store at least a partial area of the content as first clip data; generate second clip data different from the first clip data on the basis of at least a part of a result of image or text analysis relating to the first clip data; and display, on the display, a first indicator relating to the first clip data and a second indicator relating to the second clip data. Other various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor, a communication circuit that establishes a connection between external storage and a device, and a memory operatively connected to the processor and storing instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may cause the electronic device to execute an application that provides a backup function, identify first data in response to a first user input to the application, identify a backup history stored in the memory, identify a data type of the first data in response to a fact that the at least one backup history is present, generate all of the first data or a part of the first data, which is generated after a point in time according to a latest backup history, as backup data based on the data type, and store the generated backup data in the external storage.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to various embodiments comprises: a display; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: based on an input of handwriting data using a stylus pen being detected in a second input area including a first input area, in a first state of waiting for an input of handwriting data, convert the input handwriting data to text data; switch to a second state of displaying the converted text data as preview data in the first input area while the input handwriting data is displayed in the second input area; and based on the end of an input of the handwriting data being detected, determine the text data displayed as the preview data as input data and switch to a third state of displaying the converted text data in the first input area.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises a communication module including communication circuitry, at least one microphone, and a processor.