Patent ID: 9507765
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying rotated text within a table cell, the method comprising: displaying, on a screen of an electronic device, a table comprising one or more cells; receiving an input comprising a character string for display in a respective cell comprising an initial width, wherein the character string is contained within a text box that is rotatable independent of the orientation of the respective cell; receiving an angle of rotation by which the text box containing the character string is to be rotated when displayed in the respective cell; dynamically resizing the text box based on the angle of rotation, wherein a dimension of the text box is lengthened based on the angle of rotation and the initial width of the respective cell and shortened based on a font height of the character string and the angle of rotation; rotating the resized text box within the respective cell based on the angle of rotation; and displaying at least a portion of the character string within the rotated and resized text box within the respective cell, wherein the respective cell maintains the initial width while displaying the portion of the character string within the rotated and resized text box within the respective cell and wherein the portion of the character string displayed corresponds to the dimension of the resized text box such that, when displayed, the character string does not overflow the respective cell.