Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Animation for expanding/collapsing content and for sorting content in an electronic document
- Patent Title (中): 用于扩展/折叠内容和分类电子文档内容的动画
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Application No.: US13293968Application Date: 2011-11-10
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Publication No.: US09395864B2Publication Date: 2016-07-19
- Inventor: Josh Leong , Christopher D. Edwards , Karen Xiaoxu Cheng , Chad B. Rothschiller , Clinton Dee Covington , Krista Anne Bendig
- Applicant: Josh Leong , Christopher D. Edwards , Karen Xiaoxu Cheng , Chad B. Rothschiller , Clinton Dee Covington , Krista Anne Bendig
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Julie Kane Akhter; Tom Wong; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract:
Animation for the expansion and collapse of content in a user interface may be provided. The user interface may be displayed by a computer and may contain a content surface for editing content. The content may include a top data row and data items in rows below the top data row on the content surface. The computer may then receive an input to expand/collapse the data items into the top data row. The computer may then animate a display of the data items expanding/collapsing into the top data row. Animation for the sorting of content in a user interface may also be provided. The user interface may be displayed by a computer and may contain a content surface for editing a plurality of rows containing content. The computer may then receive a request to sort the content. The computer may then animate a sort of the content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130055123A1 Animation for Expanding/Collapsing Content and for Sorting Content in an Electronic Document Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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