Scrollable Grid Cell Animation for Truncated Content Revelation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In scrollable grids on computing devices, truncated content items are not effectively revealed during scrolling, leading to a discontinuous user experience as cells expand, as existing systems simply refresh content without animation, causing sudden changes rather than smooth transitions.
Innovation Solution
A computing device method that displays a cell at a smaller size, receives a scroll request, and upon scrolling, increases the cell size, animating the revelation of truncated content items, providing a smoother user experience by progressively bringing hidden content into view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the cell size is increased during scrolling to display more content, then the information completeness is improved, but the visual continuity deteriorates due to sudden content appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The cell size is dynamically adjusted during scrolling operations. As the user scrolls, cells transition from a smaller initial size to a larger expanded size, allowing truncated content to gradually become visible. This dynamic resizing maintains visual continuity while improving information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares content for gradual revelation before the cell fully expands. By anticipating the scrolling action and preparing the content display state in advance, the system ensures smooth transitions as content becomes visible during the expansion animation.
2Area of stationary object
If the cell size remains small to maintain grid compactness, then the layout density is improved, but the content visibility deteriorates due to truncation
Solution Approach 1:
Cells transition from a compact smaller size to an expanded larger size during scrolling. This dynamic size change allows the grid to maintain compactness in its default state while providing full content visibility when needed, resolving the contradiction between grid density and content completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The cell size parameter is changed from a static value to a dynamic value that adjusts based on scrolling state. This parameter change enables the system to optimize between grid compactness and content visibility by selecting appropriate cell sizes based on user interaction.
3Loss of information
If content is revealed suddenly when cell expands, then the information completeness is improved, but the user experience deteriorates due to discontinuous display
Solution Approach 1:
The content revelation process is made continuous through animation during cell expansion. Instead of sudden appearance, content gradually becomes visible as the cell expands, maintaining visual continuity and improving user experience while ensuring complete information is revealed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares the content display state in advance of full visibility. By pre-positioning and gradually revealing content during the expansion animation, the system ensures smooth transitions that maintain user experience while completing the information revelation.
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AI summary
Various embodiments related to the revealing of truncated content on a scrollable grid are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a display, a processor, and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to display a cell of a grid of content at a first, smaller size and display in the cell a content item that is truncated based upon the first, smaller size of the cell. The computing device is further configured to receive a request to scroll the grid, and scroll the grid on the display device. During scrolling, the size of the cell is increased to a second, larger size, and a revealing of a truncated portion of the content item is animated.