Application Icon Movement Rules for Stable Desktop Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing desktop application icon sorting methods either cause batch changes in icon positions, disrupting user habits and efficiency, or require manual one-by-one adjustments, leading to poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
An application icon control method that allows users to input on a blank display region, causing application icons in a specific direction to move to that region, limiting position changes and improving sorting efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic filling of application icons in blank display region is performed, then icon sorting efficiency is improved, but user habits and icon position stability are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different regions of the desktop have different properties. Specifically, the blank display region is identified and treated differently from occupied regions, allowing icons to be filled only in specific directions (left, right, top, bottom) relative to the blank region, rather than performing global batch repositioning. This localized approach maintains user habits while improving sorting efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the icon filling process into directional operations. Instead of moving all icons simultaneously across the entire desktop, the system divides the blank display region into four directional zones (left, right, top, bottom) and fills icons direction by direction. This segmentation reduces the disruption to user habits while maintaining sorting efficiency.
2Stability of the object's composition
If manual one-by-one adjustment of application icons is performed, then icon position stability is maintained, but sorting efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by performing only the necessary icon movements required to fill the blank display region, rather than requiring users to manually adjust every single icon one by one. The system automatically moves icons from the four directional regions adjacent to the blank region, performing a partial automation that maintains stability while improving efficiency.
3Productivity
If batch changes of desktop icon positions are performed, then icon sorting efficiency is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the icon filling process adaptive and flexible. The system dynamically determines which directional regions (left, right, top, bottom) have available icons to move into the blank display region, and adjusts the filling operation accordingly. This dynamic approach maintains ease of operation by allowing the system to adapt to different desktop configurations while improving sorting efficiency through automated directional filling.
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AI summary
An application icon control method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input on a first blank display region in a target page; and controlling, in response to the first input, at least one application icon located in a first icon region to move to the first blank display region. The first icon region is located in a first direction of the first blank display region.