Editing annotations of paginated digital content
Features and techniques are disclosed for interacting with paginated digital content, including a multi-purpose tool and an annotation mode. The multi-purpose tool, which may be represented by a graphic (e.g., a movable interactive graphic), can provide access to multiple modes (e.g., copy, define, note, and/or highlight modes) that a user can invoke. The mode invoked determines the functions performed by the tool when interacting with the paginated digital content. The annotation mode, which may be invoked using the multi-purpose tool or independently thereof, can allow a user to create and edit annotations, such as highlights and notes (e.g., sticky notes, margin notes, and/or highlight notes), for paginated digital content. Editing the annotations may include selecting a desired color for the annotation, for example. The annotation mode may also allow a user to intuitively merge and delete annotations previously added to paginated digital content.
1. A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for editing annotations of digital content, the process comprising:
in response to first user input, create a first note at a first location in the digital content, wherein the first note is represented in a first state by a first note edit box and a second state by a first note movable graphic, the first note edit box being configured to receive first user generated content, wherein second user input causes the first note to transition from the first state to the second state, such that the first note edit box disappears;
in response to dragging and dropping the first note while displayed in its second state onto a second note previously added to a second location in the digital content, the second note having second user generated content, merge the first and second notes to create a merged note represented in a first state by a merged note edit box, wherein the first and second user generated content are visible in the merged note edit box, and the merged note inherits one or more properties from the first note and/or the second note and further inherits the second location; and
in response to third user input, transition the merged note from the first state to a second state represented by a merged note movable graphic, such that the merged note edit box disappears;
wherein in response to merging the first note with the second note, the first note is no longer present at the first location in the digital content.
2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties inherited by the merged note includes font color and/or highlight color.
3. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties inherited by the merged note includes font size and/or font type.
4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties inherited by the merged note includes one of right text alignment, center text alignment, or left text alignment.
5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the first user input is a tap or a press-and-hold, the second user input is a tap outside the first note edit box or a tap on selectable close feature of the first note edit box, and the third user input is a tap outside the merged note edit box or a tap on selectable close feature of the merged note edit box.
6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the second note is a highlight note, and the merged note inherits the highlight color of the second note.
7. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the merged note edit box includes a color picker, the color picker being usable to select (1) a highlight color for content of the merged note and/or (2) a font color for content of the merged note.
8. A mobile computing device comprising a touch screen display and the computer program product of claim 1 .
9. A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for editing annotations of digital content, the process comprising:
in response to first user input on a highlight in the digital content, causing first and second draggable handles to appear, the first draggable handle being at a beginning of the highlight and the second draggable handle being at an end of the highlight; and
in response to second user input that includes dragging the first and/or second draggable handles, expanding or contracting the highlight;
wherein the first and/or second handles includes a color picker tool and/or a copy selection tool, such that dragging the color picker tool and/or the copy selection tool expands or contracts the highlight.
10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the highlight is a first highlight at a first location in the digital content, the process further comprising:
in response to the second input dragging the first or second draggable handles so that the first highlight at least partially overlaps with a second highlight previously added to a second location in the digital content, and then releasing merge the first and second highlights to create a merged highlight, wherein the merged highlight inherits a color of the first highlight or the second highlight.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first and second highlights is a highlight note.
12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the first or second handle includes the color picker tool.
13. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the first or second handle includes the copy selection tool.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the copy selection tool comprises a graphic that includes the word copy.
15. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the first user input is a tap or a press-and-hold, and the second user input is a drag-and-release gesture.
16. A mobile computing device comprising a touch screen display and the computer program product of claim 9 .
17. A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for editing annotations of digital content, the process comprising:
in response to first input including dragging and dropping a first note at a first location in the digital content onto a second note at a second location in the digital content, the first note having first user generated content and the second note having second user generated content, merge the first and second notes to create a merged note represented in a first state by a merged note edit box, wherein the first and second user generated content are visible in the merged note edit box, and the merged note inherits one or more properties from the first note and/or the second note and further inherits the second location; and
in response to second user input, transition the merged note from the first state to a second state represented by a merged note movable graphic, such that the merged note edit box disappears;
wherein in response to merging the first note with the second note, the first note is no longer present at the first location in the digital content.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the one or more properties inherited by the merged note includes: font color and/or highlight color; font size and/or font type; and/or one of right text alignment, center text alignment, or left text alignment.
19. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the merged note edit box includes a color picker, the color picker being usable to select (1) a highlight color for content of the merged note and/or (2) a font color for content of the merged note.
20. A mobile computing device comprising a touch screen display and the computer program product of claim 17 .