Dashboard Widget Auto-Scaling for Organized UI Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user interfaces for data management systems face challenges in maintaining optimal organization and clarity when multiple widgets are displayed, often resulting in clutter and reduced readability due to manual sizing and scaling processes.
Innovation Solution
Implementing auto-sizing and auto-scaling features for widgets based on pre-defined sizes, allowing users to drag and select candidate display regions for automatic adjustment of widget size and location, optimizing spatial utilization and clarity across the dashboard.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual sizing and scaling of widgets is used, then users have control over widget placement, but the user interface becomes cluttered and readability decreases as the number of widgets increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines multiple candidate display regions with different sizes and positions on the dashboard. When a user selects a widget, the system automatically presents these pre-configured region options, allowing the user to choose the most appropriate location without manual positioning. This preliminary preparation of display regions resolves the contradiction by providing both user control (through selection) and automatic organization (through pre-defined regions).
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts widget display parameters (size, position, scaling) based on the selected candidate display region. When a user moves a widget between different candidate regions, the system dynamically changes the widget's display parameters to match the target region, maintaining optimal readability and organization regardless of the number of widgets.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of widgets increases, then more information can be displayed, but the user interface becomes cluttered and harder to organize
Solution Approach 1:
The dashboard is segmented into multiple candidate display regions, each with defined characteristics (size, position, capacity). This segmentation allows numerous widgets to be systematically distributed across different regions, preventing clutter by providing designated spaces for each widget. The segmentation transforms the complex task of organizing many widgets into a simpler selection process among predefined regions.
Solution Approach 2:
Candidate display regions are pre-configured with specific sizes and positions to accommodate different widget types and quantities. This preliminary structuring enables the interface to handle increased widget numbers systematically, as each new widget can be placed in an appropriate pre-defined region rather than requiring manual layout adjustments across the entire interface.
3Manufacturing precision
If auto-sizing and auto-scaling are implemented, then widget organization is improved, but the system requires pre-defined candidate display regions
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines candidate display regions with various sizes and positions that serve as templates for widget placement. These pre-configured regions provide the structural framework that enables automatic sizing and scaling without requiring complex real-time calculations. The preliminary setup of regions simplifies the overall system configuration while achieving precise widget positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts widget parameters (size, scale, position) based on the selected candidate display region. This automatic parameter adjustment achieves precise widget sizing and scaling while the pre-defined regions provide the necessary configuration framework, balancing automation benefits with manageable system complexity.
4Ease of operation
If users manually place each widget, then precise control is achieved, but user time spent on constructing layout increases
Solution Approach 1:
Candidate display regions are pre-configured with optimal sizes and positions for different widget types. Users can quickly place widgets by selecting from these pre-defined regions rather than manually positioning each widget, significantly reducing the time required to construct an organized layout while maintaining precise control through region selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts widget parameters when placed in candidate display regions, eliminating the need for manual sizing and positioning adjustments. This automatic parameter change process maintains precise widget placement control while dramatically reducing the time users spend on layout construction.
Data Source
AI summary
Some computing systems may implement a user interface to provide a visualization of system contents to a user. To place a widget or component within the user interface, a user may select from a plurality of candidate display regions that have different respective sizes. The size of the first widget may be adjusted from a prior size to a first size in response to the first widget being moved to at least partially overly a first candidate display region, and may be further adjusted from the first size to a second size in response to the first widget being moved to at least partially overly a second candidate display region. The widget may then be displayed within the second candidate display region after adjusting the size of the first widget to the second size.