Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Scrolling Nested Regions

Abstract

A method is performed at an electronic device with a display, touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The method includes displaying a user interface with a first region and a second region embedded in the first, the second region also being independently scrollable such that its content can be moved without moving other content in the first region. In response to detecting a contact and movement of the contact when a focus selection is over the second region, and when the contact has a maximum intensity that is above a respective intensity threshold, content in the second region is translated on the display without other content translating the first region. When the contact has a maximum intensity that is below a respective intensity threshold, content in the first region is translated on the display.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface:   displaying a plurality of words in an electronic document on the display, wherein the plurality of words include a respective word; and   while a focus selector is at a location corresponding to the respective word, detecting a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and
 in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, displaying a user interface for interacting with the respective word within the electronic document on the display; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, displaying a definition for the respective word on the display. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the definition includes:
 ceasing to display the plurality of words; and   displaying the definition in place of the plurality of words.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the definition includes continuing to display the respective word while displaying the definition on the display. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , including, in accordance with a determination that the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below the respective intensity threshold, selecting the respective word. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the user interface for interacting with the respective word within the electronic document is displayed after an end of the gesture is detected; and   the definition of the respective word is displayed during the gesture in response to detecting that the intensity of the contact exceeds the respective intensity threshold.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the user interface for interacting with the respective word within the electronic document is displayed after an end of the gesture is detected; and   the definition of the respective word is displayed after the end of the gesture is detected.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface for interacting with the respective word within the document includes one or more of: a text cursor displayed proximate to the respective word, an affordance for copying and deleting the respective word, an affordance for copying the respective word, an affordance for replacing the respective word with previously copied text, an affordance for highlighting the respective word, an affordance for creating a note to be associated with the respective word, an affordance for searching the electronic document using the respective word as a search term, and an affordance for searching an information repository using the respective word as a search term. 
     
     
         8 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a display;   a touch-sensitive surface;   one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the 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 a plurality of words in an electronic document on the display, wherein the plurality of words include a respective word; and 
 while a focus selector is at a location corresponding to the respective word, detecting a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and 
 in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, displaying a user interface for interacting with the respective word within the electronic document on the display; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, displaying a definition for the respective word on the display. 
 
   
     
     
         9 . A 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 and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:
 display a plurality of words in an electronic document on the display, wherein the plurality of words include a respective word; and   while a focus selector is at a location corresponding to the respective word, detect a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and   in response to detecting the gesture:
 in accordance with a determination that the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, display a user interface for interacting with the respective word within the electronic document on the display; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, display a definition for the respective word on the display.