Scroll bar for computer display
First Claim
1. In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
- means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means associated with said at least one scroller marker for printing only the denoted portion of the display within the frame.
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Abstract
An improved scroll bar arrangement for a window (canvas) displayed on a computer screen includes a computer display canvas comprised of a wire frame and a scroll button (fader cap) at a side edge and/or bottom edge of the canvas. The fader cap is actuated to place scroller markers at the edge of the wire frame; each scroller marker may be activated to print the respective display at the position of the scroller marker. Scroller markers may receive assignments from within the wire frame, or from onscreen objects outside the wire frame.
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16 Claims
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1. In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
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means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means associated with said at least one scroller marker for printing only the denoted portion of the display within the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
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means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means for assigning at least one component of said denoted portion of the display within the frame to said at least one scroller marker. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
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means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means for assigning at least one onscreen object outside said frame to said at least one scroller marker. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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