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Kurt B Jacob

Michael John Hillberg

Kenneth Lawrence Young

Patrick G Mullen

Elizabeth K Nelson

Leonardo Esteban Blanco

Greg D Schechter

Sriram Subramanian

Namita Gupta

Peter Faraday

Matthew W Calkins

Matt Calkins

Devon Lyn Strawn

Ryan J Salva

Peter W Blois

Michelle I Rosenthal

Alexander Sher

Timothy A Barham

An animation can be selected. Pieces of the documents that pertain to the selected animation can be extracted from the document closure for the web page in which the animation appears. A composite data structure can be created therefrom. The winning set of @keyframes rules referenced by the animation-name property of a style rule (the virtual winning rule) can be computed and represented in a data structure. The winning animation properties can establish the timing properties to preview and edit the animation in a user interface without running the whole application. The data structure represented in the visual preview can be edited by applying user gestures to the animation displayed in a preview user interface (UI). The user changes can be mapped to changes to property values in the data structure and the underlying documents.

Animation editing

Technologies for search-based filtering of a property grid. Such filtering allows a user to enter a search term into an easily recognized search text box, or apply a user or pre-defined term to a property grid, thus reducing the set of properties visible so that the user has a smaller list to search to find the one on which they desire to operate. The search term is typically applied to all properties shown in the property grid. Elements that match the search term are made visible in an updated property grid while those that do not match are not presented. Also, the search term may be applied to more than just the name of the property. It may be applied to a category within which the property appears, the type of the property, or any of a number of attributes or tags that may be applied to the property.

Search-based filtering for property grids

Combined object level and property level key framing systems, methods, and user interfaces are provided in which a user can enter a mode where any change to a property is recorded as a key framing action (e.g., creation or edit) at the current time as indicated by a timeline. When a key frame is created in this mode, the surrounding object level key frames are inspected to ensure that the functionality that users expect from object level key frames is maintained. If a user explicitly creates an animation of an attribute that spans an object level key frame, then that span for the animation is maintained as the user edits.

Blended object attribute keyframing model

Smooth transitions between rich media (e.g., animations of visual elements of a UI) are provided when a 'second' animation is started on a property of a visual element for which a 'first' animation is already running. When the second animation is started, an animation system causes a current value of the property that resulted from the running of the &#x201c;first&#x201d; animation (i.e., snapshot) to be stored, terminates or releases the first animation, and then causes the second animation to run using the snapshot as the &#x201c;from&#x201d; value of the property. Because the second animation &#x201c;begins&#x201d; at exactly the point at which the first animation ended, the transition between the first and second animation is smooth. An animation storage object can be created for a property for which an animation has been triggered to store base values and snapshots of the property while being animated.

Smooth transitions between animations

Described is a method and system in which storyboard objects coordinate the animation of multiple elements and/or media displayed on a computer graphics display. Storyboards relate properties of elements in an element tree to a timeline, such that the properties associated with a storyboard are animated/play together as a group by starting, stopping, seeking or pausing the storyboard. Triggers, such as controlled by user interaction with the displayed information, including property triggers that change values in response to a state change, and event triggers that fire events, may cause the storyboard to start, stop, pause and seek. Storyboards may be used in XAML-based programs, and may be directly associated with elements, or indirectly associated with elements via styles. Complex properties and changeables are supported. Media playback may be controlled via storyboards, and thereby coordinated with other media playback and/or animations.

Coordinating animations and media in computer display output

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