Abstract:
A method, comprising: on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, while displaying an application interface of an application: detecting a multitouch edit initiation gesture on the touch screen display; in response to detection of the multitouch edit initiation gesture, displaying a plurality of user-selectable edit option icons in an area of the touch screen display that is independent of a location of the multitouch edit initiation gesture; and displaying a start point object and an end point object to select content displayed by the application in the application interface, wherein one of the start point object and end point object includes a displayed magnifier for showing a magnified image of selected content in the application interface.