System and method for intuitive manipulation of the layering order of graphics objects
US8773468B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/14
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for manipulating the layering order of graphical objects in a digital canvas or document is disclosed. A graphics object that is included in a layer in the digital canvas or document is selected. The digital canvas or document is searched in order to define a subset of graphics objects that includes the selected graphics object and any other graphics objects that overlap with the selected graphics object. A layering-order control enables a user to move the layer associated with the selected graphics object to a depth in the digital canvas or document that includes a layer associated with one of the other graphics objects in the subset of graphics objects. The concurrent re-positioning of multiple layers associated with two or more selected graphics objects is also disclosed.
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