Pinch-zoom interface (source code)

This is a template for a poetry interface that uses the touchscreen's pinch gesture as its method of moving between texts. On a non-touchscreen device, scrolling with the mousewheel or trackpad achieves the same effect. This code provide the basis for a Pinch-zoom reading interface and was also used to create the digital version of my poem sequence '10x'

Content

This code repository contains a template for the interface, contained in the 'index.html' and 'pinch-zoom-adapted-from-bigpicture.js' files. The JS and CSS files labelled 'bigpicture' are from the Big Picture library, which is a framework for creating infinite zooming and panning interfaces.

Third-party software

• Big Picture - used as the main basis for the interface, adapted to restrict the direction of zooming and panning to suit the display of the poem. Used under the MIT license. A copy of the license is available at: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

• Hammer.js - used to enable touchscreen functionality. Used under the MIT license.

Attribution

This code repository is part of the PhD thesis 'Poetry in Digital Media' by Peter Hebden, Newcastle University 2021. This source code is shared under the MIT License. A copy of the license is included in the root folder of this project.