Erika A Carlson

US Patent:

20100175023, Jul 8, 2010

Filed:

Jan 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/349388

Inventors:

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

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715788

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.