Method and apparatus for operation of a computing device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsNils Roger Andersson Reimer, Tim Kjell Jeppsson
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Abstract
A method and computing device are provided for showing affordance of list scroll-ability within a display of a computing device. As part of the rendering process of the graphical user interface a user is prompted through the provision of additional data to that ultimately displayed to consider that the final displayed list is a subset of data which may be accessed through the graphical user interface.
Claims19
A method of generating a graphical user interface on a display of a computing device, the method comprising in response to an input to the device:
- receiving a user selection of a field;
- in response to the selection, displaying a drop down menu including a plurality of columns, where each of the plurality of columns independently move vertically in response swipe gestures on that column;
- for each of the columns:
- selecting a first set of data from a first data source for display within that column;
- selecting a subset of the first set of data from the first data source, the subset being selected based on the available area of the display;
- displaying the subset within that column;
- detecting a swipe gesture across a portion of that column;
- selecting a portion of the first set of data comprising more data of the first set of data than the selected subset;
- and
- prior to receiving user input within that column, displaying at least said portion of the first set of data as a moving image within that column to indicate to the user that more data is available in the first set of data than in the subset of the first set of data;
- and
- displaying data in the field corresponding to data in a predefined row of the plurality of columns.
An electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the processor being configured, in response to an input to the device, to execute the method of:
- receiving a user selection of a field;
- in response to the selection, displaying a drop down menu including a plurality of columns, where each of the plurality of columns independently move vertically in response swipe gestures on that column;
- for each of the columns:
- selecting a first set of data from a first data source for display within that column;
- selecting a subset of the first set of data from the first data source, the subset being selected based on the available area of the display;
- displaying the subset within that column;
- detecting a swipe gesture across a portion of that column;
- prior to receiving user input within that column, displaying at least said portion of the first set of data as a moving image within that column to indicate to the user that more data is available in the first set of data than in the subset of the first set of data;
- and
- displaying data in the field corresponding to data in a predefined row of the plurality of columns.
An electronic device-readable medium bearing code which, when executed by one or more processors comprised in an electronic device, causes the electronic device to:
- receive a user selection of a field;
- in response to the selection, display a drop down menu including a plurality of columns, where each of the plurality of columns independently move vertically in response swipe gestures on that column;
- for each of the columns:
- select a first set of data from a first data source for display within that column;
- select a subset of the first set of data from the first data source, the subset being selected based on the available area of the display;
- display the subset within that column;
- detect a swipe gesture across a portion of that column;
- prior to receiving user input within that column, display at least said portion of the first set of data as a moving image within that column to indicate to the user that more data is available in the first set of data than in the subset of the first set of data;
- and
- display data in the field corresponding to data in a predefined row of the plurality of columns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.