Clipview applications

摘要

An implementation allows a user to select an area of interest in a content source and to clip content from the area of interest. A variety of content types may be clipped and presented to a user, and the clipped content may be refreshed from the selected area of interest. Various configuration parameters, as well as the clipped content, may be stored for future retrieval by a clipping application that presents the clipped content. Methods, computer program products, systems, and data structures are provided. One method includes identifying one or more content sources, identifying a portion of a content source to be included in each of a first and second view, storing information associated with the identified content source for each view including a name and identifying information for designating a respective portion of a content source, and displaying both the first and second view in an aggregate view.

主权项

1. A method for displaying content in a user interface comprising:
receiving a selection in a native application while the native application displays current content provided by one or more data files associated with the native application, using one or more processors, to open the data files in a dashboard environment; initiating, in response to the selection, a clipping application in the dashboard environment, wherein an amount of the current content provided by the data files is displayed in a display window of the clipping application; identifying in the clipping application, using the one or more processors, a first user selected portion of the current content to be included in a first view and a second user selected portion of the current content to be included in a second different view, wherein identifying the first user selected portion includes resizing the display window to change the amount of the current content displayed in the display window to a first amount, wherein identifying the second user selected portion includes resizing the display window to change the amount of the current content displayed in the display window to a second amount, and wherein both the first amount and the second amount include respective changed amounts of the current content with respective user selected dimensions less than the entire current content; storing, in a non-transitory computer readable medium, information associated with each user selected portion including a name, identifying information for designating a respective user selected portion associated with the data files, and stitching information, the stitching information defining how to present the first view and the second view together in an aggregate view; and displaying, in an aggregate view, the current content associated with the user selected portions using the stitching information.