NON-PROPORTIONALLY TRANSFORMING AND INTERACTING WITH OBJECTS IN A ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACE

摘要

A method for performing a magnification operation on a graphical user interface includes receiving a user selection of an object displayed on a graphical user interface, determining initial spatial dimensions of the selected object, determining initial spatial dimensions of one or more non-selected objects displayed on the graphical user interface, determining spatial dimensions of a viewing window of the graphical user interface, and, in response to the user selection, positioning the selected object in a center of the viewing window, calculating final spatial dimensions of the selected object based on the spatial dimensions of the viewing window, and calculating final spatial dimensions of the non-selected object(s) based on the initial spatial dimensions of the selected object, the final spatial dimensions of the selected object, and the initial spatial dimensions of the non-selected object(s). The selected object and non-selected object(s) may be transformed according to their respective calculated final spatial dimensions.