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NAMEArea Adjust Swipe Technique — Reference DescriptionThe area adjust swipe technique is an adjustment selection
technique in which an area of elements already identified as the
current selection region can be adjusted by identifying initial
and final adjustment points in a single continuous action. The following
describes the steps for mouse-based and keyboard-based techniques: - Mouse-based area adjust swipe
technique
Press the ADJUST button at the initial adjustment
point. Move the mouse to the final adjustment point. Release the ADJUST button at that point.
- Keyboard-based area adjust swipe technique
With the cursor at the initial adjustment point,
hold Shift down while pressing
a navigation key to move the cursor to the final adjustment point.
When to Use- Required
Support the keyboard-based area adjust swipe technique
when the last operation within the scope used an area-based selection
technique.
Guidelines- Required
When using the area adjust swipe technique, and
the adjustment policy is to reselect: Determine the new selection region
to be the area determined by the anchor point and the final adjustment
point. Enlarge the new selection region to include the
anchor element or anchor region, if indicated by the anchor inclusion
policy. Enlarge the new selection region, if indicated by
the end-point inclusion policy, to include the element, if any,
at the final adjustment point.
- Required
When using the area adjust swipe technique, and
the adjustment policy is to enlarge, make the new selection region
larger than the following: The current selection region The region determined using the reselect adjustment
policy
- Required
When using the area adjust swipe technique, and
the adjustment policy is to balance: When using the keyboard-based technique,
and the final adjustment point is not within the current selection
region, move (if necessary) the anchor point so that it is at the
end of the current selection region farthest from either the initial
or the final adjustment point. (The use of the final adjustment
point is recommended.) When using the keyboard-based technique, and the
final adjustment point is within the current selection region, or
when using the mouse-based technique, move (if necessary) the anchor
point so that it is at the end of the current selection region farthest
from the initial adjustment point. Determine the new selection region to be the area
determined by the new anchor point and the final adjustment point. Enlarge the new selection region to include the
anchor element or anchor region, if the anchor point is unchanged
and if indicated by the anchor inclusion policy. Enlarge the new selection region, if indicated by
the end-point inclusion policy, to include the element, if any,
at the final adjustment point.
- Required
If the current selection region does not include
an anchor element, or if the anchor element is no longer in the
selection region, identify the anchor element to be the element,
if any, in the region nearest the anchor point. - Required
After a mouse-based area adjust swipe technique
is used, place the active cursor as follows: If it is a text or graphics cursor,
at the point at which the ADJUST button was released If the selection region contains one or more elements,
on some element within the selection region If neither of the above, on the currently cursored
element in the selection scope
Essential Related TopicsFor more information, see the Adjustment Techniques,
Selection Policies,
and Selection Techniques
reference pages. Supplemental Related TopicsFor more information, see the Area Adjust Click Technique,
Area Click Technique,
Area Swipe Technique,
Range
Adjust Swipe Technique, Selection Models,
Selection Modes, and
Touch
Adjust Swipe Technique reference
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