Patent ID: 7917851

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a processor a position of a viewing point within a plurality of layers of a composition; and in the event that the viewing point is looking down at the layers below the viewing point: of the plurality of layers, displaying at least a layer that is immediately below the viewing point, wherein those layers that are above are not displayed; and in the event that the viewing point is looking up at the layers above the viewing point: of the plurality of layers, displaying at least a layer that is immediately above the viewing point, wherein those layers that are below the viewing point are not displayed, and only layers that are in a displayed state above the viewing point are displayed; wherein the displayed layer is set to be the editing layer and the viewing point can be moved to another position to perform edits as desired; and wherein search capabilities are provided, the search capabilities including: an ability to search based on one or more search words; and the viewing point being placed above the layer that results from the search, causing one or more layers below the viewing point to be displayed.