Wix.com Ltd.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING OVERLAPPING OBJECTS IN VISUAL EDITING SYSTEMS

Abstract:

A webpage editor which supports user editing of webpages of a website building system includes at least one processor and a unit running on the at least one processor. The webpages have visually isolated components and overlapped components and visually obscured components. The unit includes an input method handler, a visual editor and an editor overlap handler. The input method handler receives the user selected point or region of the webpage from an input device. The visual editor changes the view of the components proximal or interacting with a user selected point or region of a webpage, from a webpage view to a webpage editing view, the webpage editing view being one of 2D, 3D or side view. The editor overlap handler adjusts the visual characteristics of the components within the webpage editing view, according to component relationships and at least one of website information, user information, object properties or activation rules.