Object resizing with content reflow

• US 10,162,804 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Ayers, Robert M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Alvin H
• Application Number:
  US15/161,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20160267059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, content of a file such as text content may be reflowed in response to a resizing of an object also included in the file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing instructions, by a processor, to direct the processor to;

display content within a display area in a columnar format, wherein the content comprises a context element and text displayed in a column,

display an object within a display area and outside of the column, wherein the context element and the object are associated with each other based on a relationship, and wherein the context element and the object are displayed adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship;

receive input indicating a request to automatically adjust the display of the object by an amount, wherein the input indicates a resizing of the object such that the object encroaches into the column; and

in response to the input;

automatically adjust the display of the object by the amount, wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises resizing the object based on the amount such that the resized object encroaches into the column, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object prior to the resizing of the object, and

automatically reflow the content within the display area such that the context element and the object remain adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship and such that at least a portion of the text is moved within the display area based on the context element and the object remaining adjacent to each other, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column such that the context element becomes adjacent to another boundary of the object based on the amount of the resizing of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input indicates a direction and the amount for a movement of the object, wherein the movement is parallel to the column and does not encroach into the column, and wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises moving the object parallel to the column and without encroaching into the column according to the direction and the amount.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column according to the direction and the amount for the movement of the object.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the moving of the context element is parallel to the moving of the object.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the portion of the text within the column based on the moving of the context element being parallel to the moving of the object.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the portion of the text to another column that is displayed within the display area and that is adjacent to the column.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column such that the context element remains adjacent to a boundary of the object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the portion of the text within the column based on the moving of the context element within the column.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the portion of the text to another column that is displayed within the display area and that is adjacent to the column.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object prior to the resizing of the object, and wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column such that the context element remains adjacent to the boundary of the object based on the amount of the resizing of the object.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the system to;

display content within a display area in a columnar format, wherein the content comprises a context element and text displayed in a column,

display an object within a display area and outside of the column, wherein the context element and the object are associated with each other based on a relationship, and wherein the context element and the object are displayed adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship;

receive input indicating a request to automatically adjust the display of the object by an amount, wherein the input indicates a resizing of the object such that the object encroaches into the column; and

in response to the input;

automatically adjust the display of the object by the amount, wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises resizing the object based on the amount such that the resized object encroaches into the column, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object prior to the resizing of the object, and

automatically reflow the content within the display area such that the context element and the object remain adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship and such that at least a portion of the text is moved within the display area based on the context element and the object remaining adjacent to each other, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column such that the context element becomes adjacent to another boundary of the object based on the amount of the resizing of the object.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the object comprises an image, and wherein the context element comprises a set of words that describes a set of elements captured in the image.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object, wherein the input indicates a movement of the object, wherein the movement does not encroach into the column, wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises moving the object according to the movement and without encroaching into the column, and wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises:

moving the context element within the column based on the movement of the object such that the context element remains adjacent to the boundary of the object, and

moving the portion of the text within the column based on the moving of the context element.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object, wherein the input indicates increasing a size of the object by the amount such that the boundary of the object encroaches into the column, wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises increasing the size of the object according to the amount, and wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises:

moving the context element within the column such that the context element remains adjacent to the boundary or to another boundary of the object, and

moving the portion of the text within the column based on the moving of the context element.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, upon execution by a processor of a system, cause the system to:

display content within a display area in a columnar format, wherein the content comprises a context element and text displayed in a column,

display an object within a display area and outside of the column, wherein the context element and the object are associated with each other based on a relationship, and wherein the context element and the object are displayed adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship;

receive input indicating a request to automatically adjust the display of the object by an amount, wherein the input indicates a resizing of the object such that the object encroaches into the column; and

in response to the input;

automatically adjust the display of the object by the amount, wherein automatically adjusting the display of the object comprises resizing the object based on the amount such that the resized object encroaches into the column, wherein the context element is adjacent to a boundary of the object prior to the resizing of the object, and

automatically reflow the content within the display area such that the context element and the object remain adjacent to each other within the display area based on the relationship and such that at least a portion of the text is moved within the display area based on the context element and the object remaining adjacent to each other, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the context element within the column such that the context element becomes adjacent to another boundary of the object based on the amount of the resizing of the object.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, upon execution by the processor, further cause the system to:

automatically reflow second content in a second column based on the automatically reflowing of the content, wherein the second column is displayed within the display are and is adjacent to the column.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the second content comprises a second context element that is associated with a second object, wherein the second object is displayed within the display area adjacently to the second context element, wherein automatically reflowing the second content comprises moving the second context element within the second column, and wherein the instructions, upon execution by the processor, further cause the system to:

automatically move the second object based on a movement of the second context element such that the second object and the second context element remain adjacent to each other within the display area.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein automatically reflowing the content comprises moving the portion of the text from the column to the second column, and wherein the second context element is moved within the second column based on the portion of the text being moved to the second column.