Display method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12327005-B2
Application number	US-202218700716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2022
Priority date	Nov 3, 2021
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure provides a display method and electronic device. In the method, an electronic device displays a first interface, where the first interface includes at least one control and a first folder, the control is displayed outside the first folder, the first folder includes a first page and a second page, the first page and the second page each include at least one application icon, and the first page is displayed on the first interface; the electronic device detects a first operation performed by a user on the first page of the first folder; and the electronic device displays a second interface in response to the first operation, where the second interface includes the at least one control and the second page.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display method, comprising:
displaying, by an electronic device, a first interface comprising a control and a first folder, wherein the control is displayed outside the first folder;
detecting, by the electronic device, a first operation performed on a first page of the first folder, wherein the first page is displayed on the first interface and comprises at least one application icon; and
displaying, by the electronic device based on a quantity of application icons included in the first folder and the detection of the first operation, a second interface or a third interface such that
in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is greater than a preset quantity, the second interface is displayed and comprises the at least one control and a second page of the first folder, the second page comprises at least one application icon; and
in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is less than or equal to the preset quantity, the third interface is displayed and does not comprise the at least one control and the first folder.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operation is a slide operation in any area of the first folder.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying, by the electronic device, the second interface comprises:
displaying, by the electronic device, part of the application icons of the first page on the second page of the first folder based on a sliding distance of the first operation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preset quantity is 9.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is greater than the preset quantity, the first page comprises application icons displayed in an overlapping manner.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the detecting, by the electronic device, the first operation performed on the first page of the first folder comprises: detecting, by the electronic device, the first operation performed on the application icons displayed in the overlapping manner; and
wherein the second interface includes part of the application icons displayed in the overlapping manner, the part of the application icons are displayed in non-overlapping manner.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first page displayed on the first interface includes first application icons of the preset quantity, and the second page displayed on the second interface includes second application icons belonging to the first folder and being different from the first application icons.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
displaying, by the electronic device, the first page of the first folder in response to detecting a third operation performed on the second page of the first folder.

9. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display, one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more sensors, a plurality of applications, and one or more computer programs; and
the one or more computer programs are stored in the one or more memories, the one or more computer programs comprise instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform:
displaying a first interface comprising at least one control and a first folder, wherein the control is displayed outside the first folder;
detecting a first operation performed on a first page of the first folder, wherein the first page is displayed on the first interface and comprises at least one application icon; and
displaying, based on a quantity of application icons included in the first folder and the first operation, a second interface or a third interface such that:
in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is greater than the preset quantity, the second interface is displayed and comprises the at least one control and a second page of the first folder, the second page comprises at least one application icon;
in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is less than or equal to the preset quantity, the third interface is displayed and does not comprise the at least one control and the first folder.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first operation is a slide operation in any area of the first folder.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the display the second interface comprises:
display part of the application icons of the first page on the second page of the first folder based on a sliding distance of the first operation.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the preset quantity is 9.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is greater than the preset quantity, the first page comprises application icons displayed in an overlapping manner.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the electronic device detects the first operation performed on the application icons displayed in the overlapping manner; and
wherein the second interface includes part of the application icons displayed in the overlapping manner, the part of the application icons are displayed in non-overlapping manner.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first page displayed on the first interface includes first application icons of the preset quantity, and the second page displayed on the second interface includes second application icons belonging to the first folder and being different from the first application icons.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is further enabled to:
display the first page of the first folder if the electronic device detects a second operation performed on the second page of the first folder.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are run on an electronic device, the electronic device is enabled to perform:
displaying a first interface comprising at least one control and a first folder, wherein the control is displayed outside the first folder;
detecting a first operation performed on a first page of the first folder, wherein the first page is displayed on the first interface and comprises at least one application icon; and
displaying, based on a quantity of application icons included in the first folder and the first operation, a second interface or a third interface such that:
in case that a quantity of application icons included in the first folder is greater than the preset quantity, the second interface is displayed and comprises the at least one control and a second page of the first folder, the second page comprises at least one application icon; and
in case that the quantity of application icons included in the first folder is less than or equal to the preset quantity, the third interface is displayed and does not comprises the at least one control and the first folder.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the first operation is a slide operation in any area of the first folder.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the detecting the first operation performed on the first page of the first folder comprises: detecting the first operation performed on application icons that are included in the first page and displayed in overlapping manner; and
wherein the second i

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Yun
• Ding Yaling
• Wang Miao

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

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• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title