Floating command object
First Claim
1. A method of providing a floating command object that is contextually relevant to a selected object, comprising:
- upon receiving a selection of a first object in an electronic document for editing, displaying a command object adjacent to the selected object;
displaying in the command object one or more functionality commands that are relevant to editing the selected object; and
allowing selection of one or more functionality commands from the command object for application of associated functionality to the first object without closing a display of the command object.
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Abstract
A floating command object is provided for offering a set of commonly or frequently used commands in close proximity to a selected text, data or other object in a document. When a given object is selected for editing, the floating object automatically displays near the object to allow easy selection of relevant commands such as formatting property commands. The object remains displayed to allow multiple command selections until it is closed by user action. If a mouse or touchpad pointer is moved away from the displayed object, the displayed object becomes increasingly translucent to visually deemphasize the relevance of the object to the new position of the pointer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a floating command object that is contextually relevant to a selected object, comprising:
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upon receiving a selection of a first object in an electronic document for editing, displaying a command object adjacent to the selected object;
displaying in the command object one or more functionality commands that are relevant to editing the selected object; and
allowing selection of one or more functionality commands from the command object for application of associated functionality to the first object without closing a display of the command object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of providing a command object that is contextually relevant to a selected object, comprising:
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upon receiving a selection of a first object in an electronic document for editing, displaying a command object adjacent to the selected object;
displaying in the command object one or more functionality commands that are relevant to editing the selected object that may be selected for applying a property to the selected object without requiring the display of a secondary functionality command user interface;
allowing selection of one or more functionality commands from the command object for application of associated functionality to the first object without closing a display of the command object; and
maintaining the command object in a displayed position relative to the selected object until a display of the command object is closed by user action. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An improved user interface for providing functionality from a software application that is relevant to a selected object, comprising:
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a floating object having disposed therein one or more functionality commands that are relevant to editing the selected object, where each of the functionality commands may be selected for applying a property to the selected object without requiring the display of a secondary user interface;
whereby the floating object is operative to display in an electronic document adjacent to the selected object upon receiving a selection of the selected object; and
whereby the floating object is further operative to remain in the displayed position relative to the selected object until a display of the floating object is closed by user action. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification