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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2009
Kang Su Gatlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Elyssa Cox, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Penick, Snohomish, WA (US);
Erika Carlson, Bothell, WA (US);
Anthony Young, Fall City, WA (US);
Kang Su Gatlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Elyssa Cox, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Penick, Snohomish, WA (US);
Erika Carlson, Bothell, WA (US);
Anthony Young, Fall City, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments related to the revealing of truncated content on a scrollable grid are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a display, a processor, and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to display a cell of a grid of content at a first, smaller size and display in the cell a content item that is truncated based upon the first, smaller size of the cell. The computing device is further configured to receive a request to scroll the grid, and scroll the grid on the display device. During scrolling, the size of the cell is increased to a second, larger size, and a revealing of a truncated portion of the content item is animated.