| CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A method for selecting one or more thumbnails by an electronic device, the method comprising:
in a scroll mode in which scrolling is performed without thumbnail selection in response to a drag input of two selected points, displaying a first set of thumbnails among a plurality of thumbnails on a screen by rows and columns while an additional row of thumbnails arranged after the first set of thumbnails is not displayed on the screen, wherein the plurality of thumbnails include the first set of thumbnails and the additional row of thumbnails arranged after the first set of thumbnails, and the plurality of thumbnails correspond to a plurality of images captured by the electronic device;
detecting a user input for entering a multiple selection mode;
in the multiple selection mode, detecting a first touch input on at least one first thumbnail on a first row of the first set of thumbnails on the screen while displaying the first set of thumbnails and selecting the at least one first thumbnail;
in the multiple selection mode, detecting that the first touch input is on a second row of the first set of thumbnails according to a moving of the first touch input;
in the multiple selection mode, after the first touch input is on the second row of the first set of thumbnails, as a response to identifying that a first coordinate value related to the first touch input becomes different from a second coordinate value related to the second row of the first set of thumbnails on the screen according to a moving of the first touch input, selecting all of the thumbnails arranged in the second row of the first set of thumbnails passed over by the first touch input, the all of the thumbnails including at least one touched thumbnail arranged in the second row of the first set of thumbnails, and at least one untouched thumbnail arranged in the second row of the first set of thumbnails, wherein the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value are related to a vertical axis;
in the multiple selection mode, displaying the additional row of thumbnails arranged after the first set of thumbnails among the plurality of thumbnails by scrolling the screen based on the moving of the first touch input on the first set of thumbnails;
in the multiple selection mode, based on a first position of the first touch input being on a second thumbnail in the additional row of thumbnails, selecting the touched second thumbnail in the additional row of thumbnails, wherein the first touch input is a continuous dragging input which starts from the at least one first thumbnail and ends in the second thumbnail being displayed by the scrolling the screen; and
based on receiving a second input for deleting, deleting selected thumbnails and images corresponding to the selected thumbnails among the plurality of thumbnails, wherein the selected thumbnails include the selected at least one first thumbnail, the selected at least one touched thumbnail, the selected at least one untouched thumbnail, and the selected second thumbnail,
wherein if a horizontal distance between the two points is decreased, thumbnails adjacent to the two selected points are displayed in the form of being bent outwards, and
wherein if the horizontal distance between the two points is increased, thumbnails adjacent to the two selected points are displayed in the form of being bent inwards.
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