Wrapped content interaction

• US 9,348,498 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2011
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Demopoulos, Ryan J., Stawitz, Christine C., Kushner, Moneta Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuyetlien T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duckworth, Jaime
• Application Number:
  US13/230,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20130067396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,716 Days
• Field of Search: 715/786, 345/326
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

Techniques for wrapped content interaction are described. In implementations, scrolling instrumentalities are employed that enable wrapped content to be navigated via various types of input, such as mouse input, keyboard input, touch input, and so on. Examples of wrapped content include a wrapped list of items, a wrapped document, a wrapped web page, and so on. Interaction with wrapped content that is initiated within a window in which the wrapped content is displayed can proceed outside the visual bounds of the window such that the content can be scrolled as looped content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a scrolling interaction with a visual scroll indicium displayed in a scroll region associated with content displayed in a content window adjacent to the scroll region;

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium proceeds from inside the scroll region, across an exterior bound of the scroll region, to outside of the scroll region and continues outside of the scroll region;

scrolling the content within the content window as wrapped content in response to the scrolling interaction continuing outside of the scroll region;

receiving an indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped;

stopping scrolling the content such that both a beginning and an end of the content are visible within the content window;

displaying the visual scroll indicium as a cropped visual scroll indicium responsive to both the beginning and the end of the content being visible within the content window; and

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium continues outside of the scroll region such that the visual scroll indicium is first cropped within the scroll region and then removed from view during the scroll interaction outside of the scroll region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said scroll region comprises a scrollbar displayed adjacent to the content window that includes one or more portions of the content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises one or more of a list of items, a document, or a webpage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said scrolling interaction comprises one or more of a mouse interaction, a keyboard interaction, or a touch interaction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrolling interaction comprises a manipulation of the visual scroll indicium with a cursor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrolling interaction proceeds from inside the scroll region to outside of the scroll region via at least one of a top edge of the scroll region, a bottom edge of the scroll region, or a side edge of the scroll region.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said scrolling comprises scrolling through the content multiple times in response to the scrolling interaction outside of the scroll region.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising visually cropping the visual scroll indicium to correspond to a visual position of one or more portions of the content in response to said ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium proceeds from inside the scroll region, across an exterior bound of the scroll region, to outside of the scroll region.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing the visual scroll indicium to be removed from a display region in which the scroll region is displayed in response to said ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium continues outside of the scroll region such that the visual scroll indicium is not displayed during said scrolling.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising redisplaying the visual scroll indicium at a position in the scroll region that corresponds to a position of one or more portions of the content, said redisplaying being responsive to said receiving the indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said redisplaying comprises animating the visual scroll indicium into the position in the scroll region.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the scroll region further comprises at least one selectable indicium that is selectable to cause the content to scroll continuously through the content window adjacent the scroll region.

13. One or more computer readable hardware storage devices embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, perform operations comprising:

detecting a scrolling interaction with a visual scroll indicium displayed in a scroll region associated with content displayed in a content window adjacent to the scroll region;

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium proceeds from inside the scroll region, across an exterior bound of the scroll region, to outside of the scroll region and continues outside of the scroll region;

scrolling the content within the content window as wrapped content in response to the scrolling interaction continuing outside of the scroll region;

receiving an indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped;

stopping scrolling the content such that both a beginning and an end of the content are visible within the content window;

displaying the visual scroll indicium as a cropped visual scroll indicium responsive to both the beginning and the end of the content being visible within the content window; and

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium continues outside of the scroll region such that the visual scroll indicium is first cropped within the scroll region and then removed from view during the scroll interaction outside of the scroll region.

14. The one or more computer readable hardware storage devices of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise redisplaying the visual scroll indicium at a position in the scroll region that corresponds to a position of one or more portions of the content, said redisplaying being responsive to said receiving the indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped.

15. The one or more computer readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, wherein said redisplaying comprises animating the visual scroll indicium into the position in the scroll region.

16. The one or more computer readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, wherein the indication that the scrolling interaction outside of the scroll region is stopped comprises a mouse up operation.

17. The one or more computer readable hardware storage devices of claim 13, wherein said scroll region comprises a scrollbar, and wherein said visual scroll indicium comprises a scroll thumb associated with the scrollbar.

18. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable hardware storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including;

detecting a scrolling interaction with a visual scroll indicium displayed in a scroll region associated with content displayed in a content window adjacent to the scroll region;

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium proceeds from inside the scroll region, across an exterior bound of the scroll region, to outside of the scroll region and continues outside of the scroll region;

scrolling the content within the content window as wrapped content in response to the scrolling interaction continuing outside of the scroll region;

receiving an indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped;

stopping scrolling the content such that both a beginning and an end of the content are visible within the content window;

displaying the visual scroll indicium as a cropped visual scroll indicium responsive to both the beginning and the end of the content being visible within the content window; and

ascertaining that the scrolling interaction with the visual scroll indicium continues outside of the scroll region such that the visual scroll indicium is first cropped within the scroll region and then removed from view during the scroll interaction outside of the scroll region.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise redisplaying the visual scroll indicium at a position in the scroll region that corresponds to a position of one or more portions of the content, said redisplaying being responsive to said receiving the indication that the scrolling interaction is stopped.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein said scroll region comprises a scrollbar, and wherein said visual scroll indicium comprises a thumb associated with the scrollbar.