Abstract: Least disruptive icon displacement techniques are described herein which enable rearrangement of icons by selectively applying multiple different displacement strategies for handling of displacement events (e.g., moving or adding icons). In one or more implementations, initiation of a displacement event to position an icon within an arrangement of icons is detected. Responsive to the detection, multiple available displacement strategies implemented by the computing platform are evaluated and a displacement strategy for rearrangement of the arrangement to position the icon is selected. Selection of the displacement strategy is based on an assessment of a level of disruption caused by the different displacement strategies to identify a least disruptive option. Then, rearrangement of the arrangement of icons is controlled using the displacement strategy that is selected.

Abstract: Least disruptive icon displacement techniques are described herein which enable rearrangement of icons by selectively applying multiple different displacement strategies for handling of displacement events (e.g., moving or adding icons). In one or more implementations, initiation of a displacement event to position an icon within an arrangement of icons is detected. Responsive to the detection, multiple available displacement strategies implemented by the computing platform are evaluated and a displacement strategy for rearrangement of the arrangement to position the icon is selected. Selection of the displacement strategy is based on an assessment of a level of disruption caused by the different displacement strategies to identify a least disruptive option. Then, rearrangement of the arrangement of icons is controlled using the displacement strategy that is selected.

Abstract: Group-based user interface rearrangement techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, a display manager module is configured to output a user interface for display via a display device. The user interface is configured to present an arrangement of graphics in groups in which the graphics visually represent and enable selectable access to underlying content items. The display manager module is configured to detect input indicative of a rotation of the display device. The display manager module may also detect other display-change events, such as changing the display device that is used to output the user interface. In response to detection of such events, the display manager module determines a rearrangement of the graphics that corresponds to the particular event.

Abstract: Icon resizing techniques are described herein in which enable resizing of icons for a user interface to select between multiple available sizes may occur intuitively by using input or gestures applied to the icon to visually move the icon boundaries to a desired size. In operation, initiation of a resize operation to modify boundaries of an icon within a user interface is detected. A comparison of the modified boundaries to available sizes supported by the user interface is made. Then, one of the available sizes is selected based on similarity to the modified boundaries and the icon is resized to the selected size. In one approach, resizing is accomplished by a drag and snap operation in which boundaries of an icon are dragged and then released at a desired size, at which point the icon snaps to the closest one of the pre-defined sizes.