Flexible control in resizing of visual displays

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a resizing request that includes parameters for resizing a user interface containing a plurality of visual elements, wherein respective visual elements comprise respective geometries defined by respective sets of nodes, wherein the plurality of visual elements are located in a container comprising a rectangle having a container height based on a screen size, a screen resolution, and a screen orientation of the user interface, a container length based on the screen size, the screen resolution, and the screen orientation of the user interface, and a container center, wherein parameters for resizing the user interface comprise an updated screen size, an updated screen resolution, and an updated screen orientation of the user interface;
• accessing, in response to the request, a set of one or more data files specifying:
• links to binary image data files for the plurality of visual elements, wherein the respective binary image data files further comprise respective mip-mapped bitmaps of the respective binary image data files including a first mip-mapped bitmap storing information for the plurality of visual elements based on the updated screen resolution, and wherein the first mip-mapped bitmap is stored according to a naming convention containing a suffix indicating the updated screen resolution;
• a first set of nodes forming a plurality of vector paths for at least one of the plurality of visual elements;
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• a set of rules defining different image resizing properties for different vector paths of the plurality of vector paths;
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• creating a resized version of the user interface by modifying the plurality of visual elements according to the set of rules and to the parameters for resizing.

A system comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions;
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• a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions to perform a method comprising:
• receiving a resizing request that includes parameters for resizing a user interface containing a plurality of visual elements, wherein respective visual elements comprise respective geometries defined by respective sets of nodes, wherein the plurality of visual elements are located in a container comprising a rectangle having a container height based on a screen size, a screen resolution, and a screen orientation of the user interface, a container length based on the screen size, the screen resolution, and the screen orientation of the user interface, and a container center, wherein parameters for resizing the user interface comprise an updated screen size, an updated screen resolution, and an updated screen orientation of the user interface;
• accessing, in response to the request, a set of one or more data files specifying:
• links to binary image data files for the plurality of visual elements, wherein the respective binary image data files further comprise respective mip-mapped bitmaps of the respective binary image data files including a first mip-mapped bitmap storing information for the plurality of visual elements based on the updated screen resolution, and wherein the first mip-mapped bitmap is stored according to a naming convention containing a suffix indicating the updated screen resolution;
• a first set of nodes forming a plurality of vector paths for at least one of the plurality of visual elements;
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• a set of rules defining different image resizing properties for different vector paths of the plurality of vector paths;
• and
• creating a resized version of the user interface by modifying the plurality of visual elements according to the set of rules and to the parameters for resizing.