User Interface for Scrolling Through a Large List of Items

摘要

Techniques pertaining to efficient scrolling are disclosed. One of the features of the efficient scrolling is the enablement of a search right at an appropriate item in a large list of items, thus avoiding going through the long list and wandering back and forth around a desired item. According to one embodiment, an indexing display is used. The indexing display includes a list of indexes, each corresponding to a group of items that sharing one or more common characteristics (e.g., a character or a kind). The indexing display is allowed first to be scrolled for a desired index. Once the desired index is confirmed, searching for a desired item in the large list starts at an item indexed by the desired index.

主权项

1. Tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions encoded thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing device to perform a method comprising:
displaying via a screen of the computing device, a first interface showing at least a portion of a list of items selectable for playback by at least one playback device separate from and controlled by the computing device; based on a first input via the first interface, displaying a second interface showing a plurality of indexes, each index comprising one or more characters corresponding to one or more shared characteristics of a first subset of items in the list of items; receiving via the second interface, a second input indicating a selection of a first index of the plurality of indexes; in response to receiving the second input, displaying on the first interface, at least a portion of the first subset of items in the list of items, wherein the first subset of items corresponds to the first index; displaying on the first interface, at least a portion of a second subset of items in the list of items, wherein the second subset of items corresponds to a second index of the plurality of indexes; receiving via the first interface, a third input indicating a selection of a particular item in one of the first subset of items and second subset of items; and based on the third input, transmitting to the at least one playback device, a command to add the particular item to a playback queue corresponding to the at least one playback device.