Modeless interaction model for video interface

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed, control a computer system to be operable for:

• applying a priority to a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces each include content;
• displaying content from a first portion of a first surface in an interface based on a first priority that is assigned to the first surface, wherein a second portion of a second surface is obscured by the first surface;
• maintaining operation of the second portion of the second surface;
• receiving an interaction from the interface;
• when the interaction meets a first threshold of movement to indicate not changing a change in plane position and then priority, moving, by the computing device, the first surface based on the interaction without changing plane position and then priority of the first surface and the second surface;
• when the interaction meets a second threshold of movement, greater than the first threshold of movement, to indicate the change in plane position and then priority, performing:
• adjusting the first priority that is assigned to the first surface to a second priority, wherein the second surface is assigned the first priority;
• moving the first surface based on the interaction;
• and
• adjusting plane positions associated with the first surface and the second surface based on the second priority being assigned to the first surface and the first priority being assigned to the second surface, wherein the second portion of the second surface is displayed in the interface in a state based on the maintaining of the operation.

A method comprising:

• applying, by a computing device, a priority to a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces each include content;
• displaying, by the computing device, portions from multiple surfaces of the plurality of surfaces in an interface based on respective priorities of the plurality of surfaces;
• continuing, by the computing device, operation of surfaces in the plurality of surfaces that include a portion that is not displayed in the interface;
• processing, by the computing device, an interaction;
• when the interaction meets a first threshold of movement to indicate not changing a change in plane position and then priority, moving, by the computing device, a first surface based on the interaction without changing plane position and then priority of the first surface and the plurality of surfaces that include a portion that is not displayed in the interface;
• when the interaction meets a second threshold of movement, greater than the first threshold of movement, to indicate the change in plane position and then priority, performing:
• adjusting, by the computing device, a first priority of the first surface to a second priority, wherein a second surface of the plurality of surfaces that include a portion that is not displayed in the interface is assigned the first priority;
• moving, by the computing device, the first surface based on the interaction;
• and
• adjusting, by the computing device, plane positions associated with the first surface and the second surface based on the second priority being assigned to the first surface and the first priority being assigned to the second surface, wherein a portion of the second surface that was not displayed in the interface is revealed in a current state of operation based on the continuing operations of surfaces in the plurality of surfaces that include a portion that is not displayed in the interface.