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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Hank Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Martijn E. Van Tilburg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
William A. Avery, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce D. Wiedemann, Redmond, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Hank Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Martijn E. Van Tilburg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
William A. Avery, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce D. Wiedemann, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An adaptive multi-line view user interface is provided that varies the manner in which data is displayed as the size of the user interface is changed. As the available horizontal space in the user interface becomes too small to display the text or data on a given display line, the data is rearranged to fit the available space. Text or data that will be truncated as the width of the user interface is decreased is moved to a separate display line beneath the line in which the truncated text or data was previously displayed. A maximum number of lines may be specified for displaying text or data. After the maximum number of lines is reached, additional text or data truncated by narrowing the width of the user interface is not displayed. The displayed lines of text or data may be displayed according to a progressively lighter font from line to line so that lines at or near the top of a given displayed text or data record are darker and more readily draw the attention of a reader.