Displaying icon layouts in different resolutions

摘要

A method for displaying icons layouts in different resolutions where data representing a layout is preserved for a particular resolution and is later used to display another layout at the same resolution. The data indicates positions of icons in the layout, contains identifiers that identify particular icons, and contains coordinate positions of icons in the layout and may be preserved in various formats or preserved in various data structures. The data structure may comprise a bitmap and icon list. In some embodiments, a layout at a current resolution is produced using a previous layout at a previous resolution and at least two different mapping functions. Icons from the previous layout are mapped to the current layout where icons in an overlapping area between the current layout and the previous layout are mapped with a first mapping function and outside icons are mapped with a second mapping function.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions executable by at least one processor to perform:
displaying icon layouts at a plurality of different screen resolutions, each different screen resolution indicating a different number of pixels over an entire area of a same display screen, wherein displaying icon layouts at a plurality of different screen resolutions comprises:
displaying a set of icons of a first layout of a user interface (“UI”) at a first screen resolution of the display screen;preserving data indicating positions of the icons in the first layout at the first screen resolution upon a display of the icons at a second, different screen resolution of the same display screen;receiving a request, after preserving the data, for the first screen resolution; anddisplaying a second layout of the UI at the first screen resolution using the preserved data indicating positions of the icons in the first layout of the UI.