Scrolling screenshot method and electronic device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsYun Duan, Zhiyan Yang, Kai Qian
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Abstract
A method includes displaying, by an electronic device, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application on a touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, by the electronic device, a screenshot operation from a user, taking, by the electronic device, a screenshot of the GUI in response to the screenshot operation, displaying, on the touchscreen, a first preview image corresponding to an obtained first screenshot, detecting, by the electronic device, a first touch operation on the first preview image, updating the first preview image to a second preview image in response to the first touch operation, and displaying the second preview image on the touchscreen.
Claims20
A scrolling screenshot method implemented by an electronic device comprising a touchscreen, wherein the scrolling screenshot method comprises:
- displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application on the touchscreen;
- detecting a screenshot operation;
- taking a first screenshot of the GUI in response to the screenshot operation, wherein the first screenshot comprises a first amount of content;
- displaying, on the touchscreen, a first preview image corresponding to the first screenshot, wherein the first preview image comprises a first area;
- detecting a first touch operation on the first preview image;
- taking a scrolling screenshot of the GUI in response to the first touch operation;
- and
- displaying a second preview image on the touchscreen,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second screenshot corresponding to the scrolling screenshot,
- wherein the second screenshot comprises a second amount of content,
- wherein the second amount of content comprises all of the first amount of content and additional content,
- wherein the second amount of content is greater than the first amount of content,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second area, and
- wherein the second area is greater than the first area and is displayed on a larger amount of a display area of the touchscreen than the first area.
A scrolling screenshot method implemented by an electronic device comprising a touchscreen, wherein the scrolling screenshot method comprises:
- displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application on the touchscreen;
- detecting a screenshot operation;
- taking a first screenshot of the GUI in response to the screenshot operation, wherein the first screenshot comprises a first amount of content;
- displaying, in a first position of the touchscreen, a first preview image corresponding to the first screenshot, wherein the first preview image comprises a first area;
- detecting a first touch operation on the first preview image;
- taking a scrolling screenshot of the GUI in response to the first touch operation;
- and
- displaying a second preview image on the touchscreen,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second screenshot corresponding to the scrolling screenshot,
- wherein the second screenshot comprises a second amount of content,
- wherein the second amount of content comprises all of the first amount of content and additional content,
- wherein the second amount of content is greater than the first amount of content,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second area, and
- wherein the second area is greater than the first area and is displayed on a larger amount of a display area of the touchscreen than the first area.
An electronic device comprising:
- a touchscreen;
- and
- a processor coupled to the touchscreen and configured to:
- display a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application on the touchscreen;
- detect a screenshot operation;
- take a first screenshot of the GUI in response to the screenshot operation, wherein the first screenshot comprises a first amount of content;
- display, in a first position of the touchscreen, a first preview image corresponding to the first screenshot, wherein the first preview image comprises a first area;
- detect a first touch operation on the first preview image;
- and
- take a scrolling screenshot of the GUI in response to the first touch operation;
- and
- display a second preview image on the touchscreen,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second screenshot corresponding to the scrolling screenshot,
- wherein the second screenshot comprises a second amount of content,
- wherein the second amount of content comprises all of the first amount of content and additional content,
- wherein the second amount of content is greater than the first amount of content,
- wherein the second preview image comprises a second area, and
- wherein the second area is greater than the first area and is displayed on a larger amount of a display area of the touchscreen than the first area.
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