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System and method for combining input tools into a composite layout

  • US 9,195,782 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2013
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for combining input tools into a composite layout within a display, the method performed by a data processing system and comprising:

  • receiving, by the data processing system, a first tool in a content area of the display;

    dynamically adjusting, by the data processing system, a layout that includes first content associated with the first tool in accordance with movement of the first tool within the content area prior to dropping the first tool into the content area and in accordance with a location of the first tool on a grid associated with the content area into which the first tool is received, wherein the grid responds to pending addition of the first tool by highlighting a placement of the first tool within the content area, thereby allowing a user to preview how the layout will change based on dropping the first tool into the content area; and

    in response to the user selection of an object in a first view associated with the first content, highlighting the object in the first view and also highlighting the same object any other view in which that object appears.

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