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BibTex
@inproceedings{Zhang:2020:10.20380/GI2020.47,
author = {Zhang, Mingrui and Wobbrock, Jacob O.},
title = {Gedit: Keyboard Gestures for Mobile Text Editing},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2020},
series = {GI 2020},
year = {2020},
isbn = {978-0-9947868-5-2},
location = {University of Toronto},
pages = {470 -- 473},
numpages = {4},
doi = {10.20380/GI2020.47},
publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society / Société canadienne du dialogue humain-machine},
}
Abstract
Text editing on mobile devices can be a tedious process. To perform various editing operations, a user must repeatedly move his or her fingers between the text input area and the keyboard, making multiple round trips and breaking the flow of typing. In this work, we present Gedit, a system of on-keyboard gestures for convenient mobile text editing. Our design includes a ring gesture and flicks for cursor control, bezel gestures for mode switching, and four gesture shortcuts for copy, paste, cut, and undo. Variations of our gestures exist for one and two hands. We conducted an experiment to compare Gedit with the de facto touch+widget based editing interactions. Our results showed that Gedit's gestures were easy to learn, 24% and 17% faster than the de facto interactions for oneand two-handed use, respectively, and preferred by participants.