KeySlide
Arihant Parsoya, Venkatesh Rajamanickam · 2019
KeySlide is a novel interaction technique to position the text cursor in text editors by refashioning standard physical keyboard used in desktop and laptop devices. The technique enables users to position the cursor at the desired location on text documents using natural and intuitive finger-sliding gestures over the keys of the keyboard. The natural mapping of the gesture to the action eliminates the learnability of the action, and minimises the disruption caused due to switching between the keyboard and the mouse. The design, implementation and evaluation of KeySlide is presented. While the theoretical simulation study found that KeySlide is 52% faster than standard keyboard shortcuts for cursor positioning, a comparison user study consisting of 18 participants, found that text editing performance using KeySlide is 19% slower than using keyboard shortcuts. The discrepancy is discussed.