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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

Touch Adjust Swipe Technique

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Description

The touch adjust swipe technique is an adjustment selection technique in which a set of elements already identified as the current selection region can be extended by touching additional elements in a single continuous action. The following describes the steps for mouse-based techniques:

Mouse-based touch adjust swipe technique

  1. Press the ADJUST button in the selection scope, touching an element if on it.

  2. Move the mouse over a sequence of elements, touching them all.

  3. Release the ADJUST button.

    4. When to Use

    Recommended
    Support the touch adjust swipe technique whenever you support the touch adjust click technique.

    Guidelines

    Required
    After a mouse-based touch swipe technique is used, place the active cursor on one of the following:

    1. If it is a graphics cursor, at the point at which the ADJUST button is released

    2. If one or more elements are touched, on the last element touched

    3. On the currently cursored element in the selection scope

      4. Required
      After a mouse-based touch adjust swipe technique is used:

      1. Add all the elements touched to the current selection region.

      2. If one or more elements are touched, identify the anchor element to be the first element touched.

        3. Required
        If the current selection region did not include an anchor point, define it to be the first element touched during use of the touch adjust swipe technique.

        Required
        After a mouse-based touch adjust swipe technique is used, place the active cursor on one of the following:

        1. If it is a graphics cursor, at the point at which the ADJUST button was released

        2. If one or more elements were touched, on the last element touched

        3. On the currently cursored element in the selection scope

          4. Essential Related Topics

          For more information, see the Adjustment Techniques and Selection Techniques reference pages.

          Supplemental Related Topics

          For more information, see the Area Adjust Swipe Technique, Range Adjust Swipe Technique, Selection Models, Selection Modes, Selection Policies, Touch Adjust Click Technique, and Touch Swipe Technique reference pages.

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