Dynamic Layout Design with Automatic Component Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing layout editing tools require manual and time-consuming processes for users to position and align visual elements in electronic documents, limiting the ability to create dynamic and coordinated layouts, especially when adding new elements or modifying existing ones.
Innovation Solution
A system that detects user input events to automatically modify related components in a layout, allowing for dynamic and coordinated layout design by generating or manipulating components based on user interactions, such as adding new objects or adjusting borders, to efficiently accommodate changes and create harmonious arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual manipulation of visual elements is used to create layouts, then users can precisely position and align elements, but the process becomes time-consuming and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes relationship rules between visual elements (such as alignment rules, spacing rules, and distribution rules) before the user needs to manipulate elements. When a user adds or modifies an element, the system automatically applies these pre-defined rules to position and align related elements, eliminating the need for manual alignment operations and significantly reducing layout creation time while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables visual elements to automatically adjust their own positions and alignments based on detected relationship rules. When one element is added or modified, the system automatically triggers adjustments in other related elements without requiring user intervention. This self-adjusting mechanism resolves the contradiction by automating the precise positioning process that would otherwise require time-consuming manual manipulation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If unconstrained layout design is used to enable manual manipulation, then users can freely adjust elements, but the complexity of managing relationships between elements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces relationship rules as an intermediary layer between the user and the visual elements. Instead of directly managing complex relationships between multiple elements, the user defines high-level rules (such as 'align with parent border' or 'distribute evenly'). The system then acts as a mediator that automatically translates these simple rules into precise positioning and alignment operations, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining full layout flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates universal relationship rules that can apply to multiple visual elements simultaneously. A single rule definition can govern the behavior of numerous elements across the entire layout, rather than requiring separate management for each element pair. This universal approach maintains layout flexibility while dramatically simplifying relationship management complexity by consolidating control mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If individual manipulation of visual elements is used to enlarge or reduce elements, then users can control element sizes, but the coordination between elements becomes difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automatic feedback mechanisms that monitor changes to visual elements and trigger coordinated adjustments in related elements. When a user enlarges or reduces one element, the system detects this change and automatically adjusts other elements according to predefined relationship rules (such as maintaining alignment, spacing, or proportional relationships). This feedback loop ensures layout coordination is automatically maintained while preserving the ease of individual element manipulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures coordination rules that define how elements should adjust relative to each other before any manipulation occurs. These rules establish the stability framework in advance, so when users manipulate element sizes, the coordinated adjustments are automatically executed based on pre-planned relationships rather than requiring manual coordination of each element, thus maintaining both ease of operation and layout stability.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for facilitating layout designs. In embodiments, an input event is detected indicating a desire to include a new object within a layout design including a first component. Thereafter, it is determined that the first component within the layout is to be modified to accommodate a second component containing the new object. The layout design is automatically modified to include the first component and the second component in the layout design.