Scrollable computing device display
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDavid R. Brinda, Robert C.J. Pengelly
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Abstract
The display of a scrollable list of items is described. In one disclosed embodiment, a list of items may be displayed on a scrollable computing device display in such a manner that, upon receiving an input requesting movement of a select indicator to a different list item, the select indicator is moved on the display toward the different list item and the list is scrolled on the display in an opposing direction.
Claims17
A computing device, comprising:
- a display;
- a touch screen input;
- a processor;
- and
- instructions stored on the computing device, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to
- display a portion of scrollable content on a scrollable portion of the display;
- display an indicator on the scrollable portion of the display to a side of the portion of the scrollable content at a location on the scrollable portion of the display based upon a ratio of a current content position to a total content size, and not display a scroll bar with the indicator;
- receive a touch input via the touch screen input requesting scrolling of the scrollable content;
- and
- in response to receiving the touch input, move the indicator on the scrollable portion of the display and scroll the scrollable content on the scrollable portion of the display in opposing directions by determining a ratio of a content position after scrolling to the total content size, and displaying the indicator at a relative location on the scrollable portion of the display based upon the ratio.
In a computing device comprising a display and a touch screen input, a method of representing on the display information regarding content displayed on the display, the method comprising:
- displaying a portion of the scrollable content on a scrollable portion of the display;
- displaying an indicator on the scrollable portion of the display at a position to a side of the scrollable content at a relative location representative of a ratio of a position of the portion of the scrollable content displayed relative to a total scrollable content size, and not displaying a scroll bar with the indicator;
- receiving a touch input requesting scrolling of the scrollable content;
- and
- moving the indicator and scrolling the scrollable content in opposing directions.
A computing device, comprising:
- a display;
- a touch screen input;
- a processor;
- and
- instructions stored on the computing device, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to
- display a portion of scrollable content on a scrollable portion of the display;
- display an indicator on the scrollable portion of the display to a side of the portion of the scrollable content at a location on the scrollable portion of the display based upon a ratio of a current scrollable content position to a total scrollable content size, and not display a scroll bar with the indicator;
- receive a touch input via the touch screen input requesting scrolling of the scrollable content;
- and
- in response to receiving the touch input, move the indicator on the scrollable portion of the display and scroll the scrollable content on the scrollable portion of the display in opposing directions by determining a ratio of a scrollable content position after scrolling to the total scrollable content size, and displaying the indicator at a relative location on the scrollable portion of the display based upon the ratio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.