Cell Selection for Spreadsheets on Tablets: Stacking-Based Interaction

Gary Perelman (1) , Marcos Serrano (1) , Célia Picard (2, 3) , Christophe Bortolaso (1) , Mustapha Derras (3) , Emmanuel Dubois (1, 4)

1 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
2 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile
3 Berger-Levrault
4 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Spreadsheets on tablet, based on multitouch interaction is tedious and raises multiple interaction issues such as screen size or limited tactile interaction. To answer this limitations, we propose the use of the stacking paradigm, which consists in laying one edge of a smartphone on a tablet screen. It offers the double benefit of augmenting the input vocabulary and extending the display surface. We built a prototype based on a 3D printed shell augmented with copper to detect the smartphone on the tablet screen. We also developed a simplified spreadsheet app on the tablet in which users can select cells using three stacking-based interaction techniques.

Mots clés: Spreadsheet; Stacking ACM Classification Keywords H52 Information interfaces and presentation: Interaction; Author Keywords Mobile interaction

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Gary Perelman, Marcos Serrano, Célia Picard, Christophe Bortolaso, Mustapha Derras, et al.. Cell Selection for Spreadsheets on Tablets: Stacking-Based Interaction. CHI EA '18, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Apr 2018, Montreal, Canada. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1145/3170427.3186546⟩. ⟨hal-01866404⟩