Amazon.com, Inc.
Techniques for providing passive scroll hints

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described herein for passive scroll hints while presenting graphical content via an application (e.g., a web browser). A location of a mouse cursor, touch input, or tilt angle of a user device may be utilized to identify a horizontal and/or vertical shift amount. The horizontal and/or vertical shift amounts may relate to an amount by which graphical content presented via a viewing window of the application may be shifted in a horizontal and/or vertical direction, respectively. The horizontal and vertical shift amounts may be bounded based at least in part on a total width and/or height of the graphical content. Utilizing the techniques described herein, a user may be informed of the existence of additional graphical content that is outside of the area of the viewing window.