Scrolling list with floating adjacent index symbols

Abstract

Movement of a user's point of contact with a touch-sensitive display is determined. In response to the movement, a list of information items on the touch-sensitive display is scrolled. The list of information items may include a sequence of information item subsets corresponding to a sequence of index items. While scrolling through respective information subsets, an index symbol is displayed in conjunction with each respective information item subset.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a touch-sensitive display;   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, via the touch-sensitive display, a portion of content; 
 while displaying the portion of the content, detecting an input on the touch-sensitive display; 
 in response to detecting the input, scrolling the content in a first direction; 
 after scrolling the content in the first direction, detecting that an end of the content has been reached; and 
 in response to detecting that the end of the content has been reached, scrolling, via the touch-sensitive display, the content in a second direction that is different from the first direction. 
   
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the content is scrolled at a first speed while scrolling the content in the first direction, and   the content is scrolled at a second speed that is slower than the first speed while scrolling the content in the second direction.   
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the content is scrolled for a first distance in the first direction; and   the content is scrolled for a second distance in the second direction, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.   
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein the input is a swipe gesture on the displayed content. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein scrolling the content includes scrolling the content with simulated friction. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein scrolling the content in the second direction includes scrolling the content with simulated friction in the second direction. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein scrolling the content includes scrolling the content with simulated inertia. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein scrolling the content in the second direction includes scrolling the content with simulated inertia in the second direction. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 detecting the input includes detecting a first point of contact on the touch-sensitive display, and   scrolling the content in the first direction continues after detecting that the first point of contact breaks with the touch-sensitive display.   
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
 after detecting that the first point of contact breaks with the touch-sensitive display, detecting a substantially stationary second point of contact on the touch-sensitive display; and   in response to detecting the substantially stationary second point of contact, ceasing scrolling the content.   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 detecting the input includes detecting a first point of contact on the touch-sensitive display,   scrolling the content in the first direction continues after detecting that the first point of contact breaks with the touch-sensitive display, and   the content is scrolled in the second direction without detecting an additional point of contact on the touch-sensitive display.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
 displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a portion of content;   while displaying the portion of the content, detecting an input on the touch-sensitive display;   in response to detecting the input, scrolling the content in a first direction;   after scrolling the content in the first direction, detecting that an end of the content has been reached; and   in response to detecting that the end of the content has been reached, scrolling, via the touch-sensitive display, the content in a second direction that is different from the first direction.   
     
     
         14 . A method, comprising:
 at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:
 displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a portion of content; 
 while displaying the portion of the content, detecting an input on the touch-sensitive display; 
 in response to detecting the input, scrolling the content in a first direction; 
 after scrolling the content in the first direction, detecting that an end of the content has been reached; and 
 in response to detecting that the end of the content has been reached, scrolling, via the touch-sensitive display, the content in a second direction that is different from the first direction.