Square, Inc.

Weebly, Inc.

John D Rusenko, Jr

Benjamin A Bloch

Timothy J Snyder

Joseph Matthew Fox

Scott A Garman

A user interface can display a rendering associated with an interactive layer corresponding to one or more rendered elements of the rendering. Based at least partly on receiving an indication of an interaction with the user interface, a new rendered element can be displayed on the user interface. Based at least in part on information associated with the one or more rendered elements, a position in the interactive layer closest to a position of the new rendered element on the user interface can be determined and a rendered marking can be displayed at or near the position in the interactive layer that is closest to the position of the new rendered element. Based at least in part on a determination that the new rendered element is to be positioned at or near the position in the interactive layer, the rendering can be updated.

Interactive layer for editing a rendering displayed via a user interface

A web rendering module in the operating system is used to render and display a web page. The web rendering module also generates layout data that describes the position and size of each visual element on the rendered web page. A web editing application uses the layout data to generate a native overlay. The native overlay is an arrangement of cells, and each cell has the same position and size as a respective visual element. The application displays the native overlay on top of the rendered web page so that each visual element on the web page is aligned with a cell in the native overlay. The cells in the native overlay are transparent so that the rendered web page remains visible to the user, but the native overlay captures any interactions that the user performs. The interactions are then processed to make a corresponding change to the web page.

Native overlay for rapid editing of web content

A native overlay for enabling rapid editing of web content is described. In an example, a web page comprising a plurality of visual elements can be rendered as a rendered web page which can be displayed on a user interface. In an example, responsive to an interaction via the user interface, a representation of a portion of the rendered web page can be generated, wherein the representation is positioned within an overlay displayed above the rendered web page. The rendered web page can be displayed with the representation positioned within the overlay on the user interface.

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John D Rusenko, Jr