Content collapse outside of selection

• US 20140250422A1
• Filed: 08/23/2005
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Macromedia, Inc. (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Blas, Joaquin C. Jr., Skidgel, John, Bank, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 9,535,667 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for collapsing visual content on a screen including receiving input initiating a collapse function, and collapsing a section of visual content, the section of visual content outside of a selected portion of the visual content, the collapsing in response to said input.

Claims

1. A method for collapsing visual content on a screen, said method comprising:

receiving input selecting a first portion of said visual content, said visual content rendered on the screen, wherein a visual indicator is displayed indicating said first portion as a selected portion of said visual content;

receiving input initiating a collapse function; and

collapsing a section of said visual content, said section of visual content outside of the selected portion of said visual content, said collapsing in response to said input initiating the collapse function, wherein the selected portion of said visual content is not collapsed.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said collapsed section of visual content and said selected portion of visual content are source code rendered in a code view of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

3. The method of claim 2 wherein graphically-rendered visual components corresponding to the source code are rendered in a design view separate from the code view in the IDE, wherein receiving input selecting the first portion comprises receiving input selecting at least a portion of a visual component in the design view corresponding to said selected portion of visual content.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein said receiving input selecting the first portion of visual content comprises receiving input selecting said first portion of visual content in said code view.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

comparing endpoints of said selected portion of visual content to one or more tags in said source code; and

in response to said comparing, defining a block of source code as source code within an enclosing context encompassing said selected portion, wherein said collapsing content comprises collapsing source code above and below the enclosing context so that only the source code within the enclosing context is not collapsed.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said enclosing context is an enclosing tag.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said collapsing said section of said visual content includes rendering one or more buttons in place of said section of visual content outside of said selected portion of visual content.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said selected portion of visual content is one or more of:

text rendered in a word processing window;

raw text;

a visual element rendered in a design view of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said collapsing comprises collapsing portions above and below the selected portion so that only the selected portion is not collapsed.

23. The method of claim 3 wherein the design view comprises a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) view that allows manipulation of the graphically-rendered visual components.

4. (canceled)

10. A method for collapsing visual content on a screen, said method comprising:

receiving input selecting a first portion of said visual content, said visual content rendered on a screen, wherein a visual indicator is displayed indicating that said first portion is selected;

receiving further input initiating a collapse function; and

performing said collapse function in response to said receiving said input initiating the collapse function, thereby hiding a second portion of content outside of said first portion of content, wherein the first portion of content is not hidden, wherein the visual indicator indicating continues to indicate that said first portion is selected after said hiding of said second portion of content.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said visual content is source code for a document, said source code including code from one or more of:

HTML;

ASP;

CSS; and

C#.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein said hiding said second portion of content includes rendering one or more buttons in place of said second portion of code.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said visual content is text, the method further comprising:

comparing endpoints of said first portion to one or more enclosing contexts in said text;

and in response to said comparing, defining a block of text as text within and including an enclosing context encompassing said first portion, wherein said hiding said second portion comprises collapsing text above and below the enclosing context so that only the block of text within the enclosing context is not collapsed.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said text includes source code.

22. The method of claim 10 wherein performing said collapse function comprises hiding content above and below the first portion of content that was selected so that only the first portion of content that was selected is not hidden.

15. A method for providing an environment for developing a document, said environment including a code view and a design view, said method comprising:

receiving input selecting a portion of code in said code view, wherein a visual indicator is displayed indicating that said portion of code is selected;

receiving further input instructing a code collapse function;

defining a block of code as a section of code within an enclosing context, said enclosing context encompassing said selected portion; and

collapsing code in said code view so that only said block of code is not collapsed, wherein the visual indicator continues to indicate that said portion is selected after said collapsing.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said defining a block of code comprises comparing endpoints of said selected portion to said enclosing context to ascertain that said enclosing context encompasses said selected portion.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein said enclosing context is an enclosing tag.

18. A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for creating a document, said computer program product comprising:

code for receiving input selecting a portion of source code of said document, said source code rendered in a code view, wherein a visual indicator is displayed indicating that said portion of source code is selected;

code for comparing endpoints of said portion of source code to tags in said source code to determine an enclosing tag encompassing said selected portion; and

code for collapsing source code so that only source code within said enclosing tag is not collapsed, wherein the visual indicator continues to indicate that said portion is selected after said collapsing.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein said code for receiving input comprises code for receiving input signals in response to a selection of at least a portion of a visual component corresponding to said portion of code, said visual component in a design view.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein said code for receiving input comprises code for receiving input signals in response to a selection of said portion of source code in said code view.