Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Switching Between User Interfaces

Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface and a display. The device displays, on the display, a first user interface. The device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. The gesture includes movement of a contact in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a first portion of the touch-sensitive surface, the device performs an operation in the first user interface that corresponds to the gesture; and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a second portion of the touch-sensitive surface, the device replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:
 display, on the display, a first user interface;   detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture includes movement of a contact in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface; and   in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a first portion of the touch-sensitive surface, perform an operation in the first user interface that corresponds to the gesture; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a second portion of the touch-sensitive surface, replace display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface. 
   
     
     
         2 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first portion of the touch-sensitive surface is collocated with at least a sub-region of the display; and   the second portion of the touch-sensitive surface is separate from the display.   
     
     
         3 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first portion of the touch-sensitive surface is a touchscreen display; and   the second portion of the touch-sensitive surface is a touch-sensitive surface adjacent to the touchscreen display.   
     
     
         4 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the first user interface is part of a first application and the second user interface is not part of the first application. 
     
     
         5 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first user interface is a first screen of a multi-screen application launch user interface;   the operation in the first user interface includes displaying a second screen in the multi-screen user interface; and   the second user interface is a user interface of an application launched from the multi-screen application launch user interface.   
     
     
         6 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the second user interface is an application launch user interface. 
     
     
         7 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the second user interface is part of a second application and the first user interface is not part of the second application. 
     
     
         8 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface includes switching from a first application to a second application. 
     
     
         9 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface includes launching a second application associated with the gesture that was not active prior to detecting the gesture. 
     
     
         10 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein, for movement of the contact that is entirely on the second portion of the touch-sensitive surface:
 in accordance with a determination that the respective direction is a first direction, the second interface corresponds to a second application; and   in accordance with a determination that the respective direction is a second direction different from the first direction, the second interface corresponds to a third application different from the second application.   
     
     
         11 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operation in the first user interface includes translating a portion of the first user interface in accordance with the gesture. 
     
     
         12 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operation in the first user interface includes switching between pages of a multi-page user interface in accordance with the gesture. 
     
     
         13 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operation in the first user interface includes moving a user interface object on a canvas in the first user interface in accordance with the gesture. 
     
     
         14 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operation in the first user interface includes selecting content displayed in the first user interface in accordance with the gesture. 
     
     
         15 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the operation in the first user interface includes initiating a content modification operation; and   the computer readable storage medium includes instructions which cause the device to, after initiating the content modification operation, display a confirmation user interface for confirming or canceling the content modification operation.   
     
     
         16 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a display;   a touch-sensitive surface;   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:
 displaying, on the display, a first user interface; 
 detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture includes movement of a contact in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface; and 
 in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a first portion of the touch-sensitive surface, performing an operation in the first user interface that corresponds to the gesture; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a second portion of the touch-sensitive surface, replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface. 
 
   
     
     
         17 . A method, comprising:
 at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display:
 displaying, on the display, a first user interface; 
 detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture includes movement of a contact in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface; and 
   in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a first portion of the touch-sensitive surface, performing an operation in the first user interface that corresponds to the gesture; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is entirely on a second portion of the touch-sensitive surface, replacing display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface different from the first user interface.