Creating and manipulating layers on a user device using touch gestures

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the user device to cause the user device to:

• receive a first touch gesture on a display of the user device displaying a virtual object;
• determine a type of the virtual object;
• define an anchor point of the virtual object based on the first touch gesture and an associated delimiter, wherein the delimiter is selected based on the type of the virtual object;
• defining an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the delimiter;
• define a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area;
• and
• stack the first layer over the second layer.

A system comprising:

• a computer processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a user device;
• program instructions to receive a first touch gesture at a display of the user device displaying a virtual object;
• program instructions to determine a type of the virtual object;
• program instructions to define an anchor point based on the first touch gesture and an associated delimiter, wherein the delimiter is selected based on the type of the virtual object;
• program instructions to define an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the delimiter;
• program instructions to define a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area;
• and
• program instructions to stack the first layer over the second layer, wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the computer processor via the computer readable memory.