Commenting feature for graphic design systems
A computer system and method generates one or more commenting features on a canvas, wherein each commenting feature carries at least one comment from a given source. Each commenting feature can include a pin component and a comment body element. The pin component is associated with a corresponding location on the canvas. The computer system and method enable the user to move the comment body element about at least a region of the canvas to view the at least one comment from the given source, while rendering the pin component to coincide with the corresponding associated location of the canvas.
1. A network computer system comprising:
a memory sub-system to store a set of instructions;
one or more processors are operable to communicate the set of instructions to one or more user devices, wherein the set of instructions include instructions that when executed by each of the one or more user devices, causes the one or more user devices to perform operations that include:
rendering a commenting feature over a canvas that includes a graphic design, the commenting feature including a pin component and a comment body element, the pin component being associated with a corresponding location on the canvas and the comment body element being associated with a comment record;
enabling a user to interact with the commenting feature as rendered on the canvas including providing input to the comment body element regarding the graphic design; and
wherein the user changing a view of the canvas results in varying a view of the graphic design and the commenting feature, while maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the canvas as the commenting feature is being rendered over the canvas, to enable the user to view the comment body element being rendered over the canvas while editing the graphic design at or near the corresponding location of the pin component;
wherein the comment record includes one or more data sets, including a user-specified comment and metadata, the metadata indicating (i) a state value for one of multiple states of the commenting feature that is visually represented, and (ii) a source identifier for the user-specified comment.
2. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein the corresponding location associated with the pin component corresponds to a location of a design element of the graphic design.
3. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein changing the view of the canvas includes changing a zoom level, and wherein maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the pin component is based on a spatial relationship.
4. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein the operations include rendering a plurality of commenting features, and wherein when multiple commenting features of the plurality of commenting features satisfy an overlap condition, the operations further include visually clustering the multiple commenting features.
5. The network computer system of claim 4 , wherein visually clustering the multiple commenting features is based on a zoom level of the graphic design.
6. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein the state value indicates one of a new state, an updated state, or an unresolved state.
7. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein the commenting feature is renderable in each of a viewed state and an unviewed state.
8. The network computer system of claim 1 , wherein the commenting feature includes comments from multiple sources.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations that include:
rendering a commenting feature over a canvas that includes a graphic design, the commenting feature including a pin component and a comment body element, the pin component being associated with a corresponding location on the canvas and the comment body element being associated with a comment record;
enabling a user to interact with the commenting feature as rendered on the canvas including providing input to the comment body element regarding the graphic design; and
wherein the user changing a view of the canvas results in varying a view of the graphic design and the commenting feature, while maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the canvas as the commenting feature is being rendered over the canvas, to enable the user to view the comment body element being rendered over the canvas while editing the graphic design at or near the corresponding location of the pin component;
wherein the comment record includes one or more data sets, including a user-specified comment and metadata, the metadata indicating (i) a state value for one of multiple states of the commenting feature that is visually represented, and (ii) a source identifier for the user-specified comment.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the corresponding location associated with the pin component corresponds to a design element of the graphic design.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein changing the view of the canvas includes changing a zoom level, and wherein maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the pin component is based on a spatial relationship.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations include rendering a plurality of commenting features, and wherein when multiple commenting features of the plurality of commenting features satisfy an overlap condition, the operations further include visually clustering the multiple commenting features.
13. A computer-implemented method for operating a network computer system, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
rendering a commenting feature over a canvas that includes a graphic design, the commenting feature including a pin component and a comment body element, the pin component being associated with a corresponding location on the canvas and the comment body element being associated with a comment record;
enabling a user to interact with the commenting feature as rendered on the canvas including providing input to the comment body element regarding the graphic design; and
wherein the user changing a view of the canvas results in varying a view of the graphic design and the commenting feature, while maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the canvas as the commenting feature is being rendered over the canvas, to enable the user to view the comment body element being rendered over the canvas while editing the graphic design at or near the corresponding location of the pin component;
wherein the comment record includes one or more data sets, including a user-specified comment and metadata, the metadata indicating (i) a state value for one of multiple states of the commenting feature that is visually represented, and (ii) a source identifier for the user-specified comment.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the corresponding location associated with the pin component corresponds to a location of a design element of the graphic design.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein changing the view of the canvas includes changing a zoom level, and wherein maintaining the pin component in association with the corresponding location of the pin component is based on a spatial relationship.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the method further includes rendering a plurality of commenting features, and wherein when multiple commenting features of the plurality of commenting features satisfy an overlap condition, the operations further include visually clustered clustering the multiple commenting features.