Scott David Morrison

US Patent:

8166387, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/142979

Inventors:

Scott Morrison - Redmond WA, US
Régis Lucien Francis Brid - Woodinville WA, US
Yifung Lin - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715227, 715205, 715212, 715217, 715225

Abstract:

A DataGrid user interface (UI) control is presented that is configured to display a table that includes columns corresponding to fields in a data source and rows corresponding to records in the data source. The DataGrid UI control is also configured to display a details section associated with each row in the table. One or all of the details sections can be displayed or hidden based upon properties specified by a developer or input made by a user. A property may also be set to cause the details section for a row to be displayed only when a user interface cursor is hovering over the row associated with the details section. A property may also be set to cause a details section for a row to be displayed only when the associated row is selected.

US Patent:

20100037164, Feb 11, 2010

Filed:

Aug 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/189228

Inventors:

Scott Morrison - Redmond WA, US
Régis Lucien Francis Brid - Woodinville WA, US
Yifung Lin - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715765

Abstract:

Architecture that facilitates the recycling of view components (e.g., item controls, visual containers, etc.) in a user interface rather than recreating the view components when needed again in response to a view change such as a scrolling operation or other user navigation operation such as a paging control. In the context of a datagrid, the datagrid can now be more performant when scrolling through a large number of rows. The architecture includes a recycling component that recycles the visual containers by collecting the visual containers when rows are scrolled off the view, and reusing the visual containers with different data when rows are scrolled back into the view. Thus, all the containers stay the same—new data is simply applied to the recycled container.

US Patent:

20100162161, Jun 24, 2010

Filed:

Dec 23, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/342088

Inventors:

Yifung Lin - Bellevue WA, US
Scott Morrison - Redmond WA, US
Brian Christopher Braeckel - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715786

Abstract:

Described is a technology in which a user interface element (a control, e.g., a datagrid) provides smoother scrolling by computing and updating a row height estimate. For example, the row height estimate along with the total number of rows may be used to configure a scrollbar. A control outputs visible rows according to user scrolling interaction based on a current row index and current pixel values corresponding to that current row index. The estimate is obtained based upon the current row index and the current pixel value for the row index. Whenever a row index is encountered that is larger than any previously-encountered row index, the row height estimate is updated, e.g., to reconfigure the scrollbar. Also described is outputting partially visible rows based on a number of pixels available in a display area below a last fully visible row, and/or above a first fully visible row.