CONTROLLING A MESSAGE DISPLAY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. A method of controlling a display of an electronic device for displaying a list of electronic messages, the method comprising:
- comparing a width of a designated space for a field of said electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if said width is sufficient;
if said width is determined to be sufficient, maintaining said width of said designated space,otherwise increasing said width of said designated space; and
displaying said list with data from said field in said designated space for each of said electronic messages.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a display of an electronic device for displaying a list of electronic messages. The method includes comparing a width of a designated space for a field of the electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if the width is sufficient, and if the width is determined to be sufficient, maintaining the width of the designated space, otherwise increasing the width of the designated space.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a display of an electronic device for displaying a list of electronic messages, the method comprising:
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comparing a width of a designated space for a field of said electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if said width is sufficient; if said width is determined to be sufficient, maintaining said width of said designated space, otherwise increasing said width of said designated space; and displaying said list with data from said field in said designated space for each of said electronic messages. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. The method according to claim 11 wherein said first display attribute comprises at least one of font family, font size, font style and colour, and said second display attribute comprises at least one of font family, font size, font style and colour.
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12-1. An electronic device comprising:
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a memory for storage of electronic messages; a communications device for receiving and sending said electronic messages; a display device for displaying said electronic messages in a list; a user input device for user selection and manipulation of said electronic messages; and a processor for comparing a width of a designated space for a field of said electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if said width is sufficient, if said width is determined to be sufficient, maintaining said width of said designated space, otherwise increasing said width of said designated space, and causing said display device to display said list with data from said field in said designated space for each of said electronic messages.
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13-2. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein said minimum width comprises a width of a test case string, wherein said processor determines said width is sufficient if said test string fits within said designated space.
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20. A computer program product for displaying a list of electronic messages on a display of an electronic device, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for:
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comparing a width of a designated space for a field of said electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if said width is sufficient; if said width is determined to be sufficient, maintaining said width of said designated space, otherwise increasing said width of said designated space; and displaying said list with data from said field in said designated space for each of said electronic messages.
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