VIKI: spatial hypertext supporting emergent structure
ECHT '94 Proceedings of the 1994 ACM European conference on Hypermedia technology
Finding and using implicit structure in human-organized spatial layouts of information
CHI '95 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Implicit structure for pen-based systems within a freeform interaction paradigm
CHI '95 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pen-based interaction techniques for organizing material on an electronic whiteboard
Proceedings of the 10th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
A dynamic grouping technique for ink and audio notes
Proceedings of the 11th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
More than dotting the i's --- foundations for crossing-based interfaces
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Adaptive recognition of implicit structures in human-organized layouts
VL '95 Proceedings of the 11th International IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages
Perceptual organization in an interactive sketch editing application
ICCV '95 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computer Vision
Perceptually-supported image editing of text and graphics
Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Parsing and interpreting ambiguous structures in spatial hypermedia
Proceedings of the sixteenth ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
Phrasing techniques for multi-stroke selection gestures
GI '06 Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006
Intelligent Mouse-Based Object Group Selection
SG '08 Proceedings of the 9th international symposium on Smart Graphics
Sloppy selection: Providing an accurate interpretation of imprecise selection gestures
Computers and Graphics
Efficient selection of multiple objects on a large scale
Proceedings of the 18th ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
Perceptual grouping: selection assistance for digital sketching
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
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Selecting groups of objects is a frequent task in graphical user interfaces since it precedes all manipulation operations. Current selection techniques such as lasso become time-consuming and error-prone in dense configurations or when the area covered by targets is large or hard to reach. Perceptual-based selection techniques can considerably improve the selection task when the targets have a perceptual structure, driven by Gestalt principles of proximity and good continuity. However, current techniques use ad hoc grouping algorithms that often lack evidence from perception science. Moreover, they do not allow selecting arbitrary groups (i.e. without a perceptual structure) or modifying a selection. This paper presents a domain-independent perceptual-based selection technique that addresses these issues. It is built upon an established group detection model from perception research and provides intuitive interaction techniques for selecting (whole or partial) groups with curvilinear or random structures. Our user study shows that this technique not only outperforms rectangle selection and lasso techniques when targets have perceptual structure, but also it is competitive when targets have arbitrary arrangements.