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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

Touch Swipe Technique

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Description

The touch swipe technique is a group selection technique in which an arbitrary set of elements can be selected or deselected by "touching" them in a single continuous action. The following describes the steps for mouse-based and keyboard-based techniques:

Mouse-based touch swipe technique

  1. Press the SELECT 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 SELECT button.

    4. When to Use

    Required
    Support use of the touch swipe technique only when discontiguous selections are allowed.

    Guidelines

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

    1. Define the current selection region to consist of the elements touched.

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

      3. 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 SELECT 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
        When the user is using the touch swipe technique in select mode:

        1. Select all the elements touched.

        2. Deselect all other elements in the scope.

          3. Required
          If currently in select mode, when the user operates the area swipe technique by pressing Ctrl SELECT in place of SELECT, continue as if toggle mode were in use.

          Required
          When the user is using the area swipe technique in toggle mode:

          1. Toggle all elements touched, based on the toggling policy.

          2. Do not change the selection state of the other elements.

            3. Essential Related Topics

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

            Supplemental Related Topics

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

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