INFORMATION PRESENTATION CORRESPONDING TO CONTENT PURPOSING MASKS

摘要

An integrated development environment (IDE) feature is described that provide relevant information regarding the various purposing masks in an intuitive manner. A user selects one or more target media types for the content being worked on in the IDE. When these target media are selected, masks corresponding to the selected target media are displayed over the content. The IDE monitors the position information identifying a display location of each mask. When the user performs some kind of information event associated with an identified display location of one of the masks, the IDE detects this event and displays an information box that contains media type information regarding the target media related to the specific mask at the identified display location.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
displaying a plurality of masks over content displayed in a design canvas of an integrated development environment (IDE), each one of said plurality of masks representing one or more target media, the plurality of masks displayed at the same time in the design canvas, and at least one of the masks representing a target medium different from a target medium represented by at least one other mask; while the plurality of masks are displayed, receiving position information identifying a location in said design canvas; detecting an information event associated with the identified location; and displaying an information box responsive to said information event, said information box having information regarding said one or more target media related to one of said plurality of masks at said identified display location.