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Control over the arrangement of items in the user interface

A user interface and user technology, applied in data processing applications, data processing input/output processes, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of inefficient consumption of available display area and lack of intuition

Active Publication Date: 2020-07-17
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0003] However, conventional techniques used to perform rearrangement can be less intuitive because representations are positioned at unexpected locations within the application launcher, possibly resulting in an inefficient use of a certain amount of the application launcher's available display area. Consumption etc.

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[0021] Conventional techniques for rearranging items from one layout to another are often unintuitive, and thus often result in layouts in which it is difficult for a user to locate items of interest. Examples include rearranging representations between layouts due to resizing of the app launcher, changing from portrait to landscape view, etc.

[0022] Control techniques that can be used to support intuitive rearrangement of items between layouts are described. For example, for the presentation of applications and content within an application launcher, a situation may be encountered where the sorted list of presentations is placed in an area of ​​the application launcher with a given width.

[0023] Techniques are available to fetch these representations from the first layout and reflow the representations to a second layout that balances the priority order of the representations and minimizes gaps within the application launcher, thus saving displays con...

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An intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by the computing device. A prioritization of the specified items and each other for display of the items in the first layout in the user interface is determined. The items are assigned into respective groups that together form a linear arrangement(s) of the groups. controlling, by the computing device, display of the item in a second layout in the user interface that differs from the first layout along one or more dimensions by an amount of available display area in the user interface layout. Said controlling comprises: following said prioritization of said items, selecting an object within a corresponding group based on the availability of an open area suitable for display of a corresponding item within that group and minimizing the display area consumed by the group. The positioning of the item in the .

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Background technique [0001] A variety of different items may be arranged in the user interface, such as representations of applications, entries in an ordered list, and the like. For example, a representation of an application may be arranged by the user in an application launcher (eg, start screen, start menu, etc.) as part of a layout so that the user can easily locate desired items of interest. [0002] However, changes may be made to the display area available to the display of the application launcher, such as changing the mobile device from portrait to landscape mode, selecting an option to resize the application launcher, changing to a differential device (e.g., as a as part of the migration of user settings), etc. These changes may result in corresponding changes to the layout such that the representations are rearranged in the new layout. [0003] However, conventional techniques used to perform rearrangement can be less intuitive because representations are positio...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0488G06F3/0481H04M1/72472
CPCG06F3/04817G06F3/04886G06F2200/1614Y10S715/977G06F3/0482H04L67/02H04M1/72472
Inventor P.辛加尔M.N.阿克斯B.E.尤普霍夫
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC