Dynamic display of icons on a small screen

摘要

Where a label for an item to be represented by an icon is customized, the icon is generated to dynamically display all of the label. Thus, at some point, the entire label is displayed, even though only a portion of the label is eventually displayed in the icon.

主权项

1. A mobile device comprising:
a display screen; a processor that comprises a functional component of the mobile device; and memory storing executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the mobile device to:
identify an icon to display, the icon representing a data item having a label comprising text that identifies the data item, the text having a reading direction from a first character to a last character;generate, on the display screen, a display portion of the icon, the display portion having a size that precludes display of an entirety of the label, in a first size, at one time; anddynamically display the entirety of the label in the display portion of the icon by scrolling the text through the display portion of the icon beginning with the last character in the text and progressing toward the first character in the text.