TAB MANAGEMENT IN A USER INTERFACE WINDOW
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprisingpresenting, in a browser user interface window, a plurality of tabs individual ones of which being associated with web pages or activities that have been opened;
- andautomatically grouping multiple tabs together in a visually-distinctive way, wherein said automatically grouping is performed responsive to a user'"'"'s interaction with tabs that are to be grouped.
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Abstract
Techniques to facilitate finding a tab or tabs in a user interface window are described. Various embodiments present tabs, individual tabs being associated with an opened document such as a web page or an activity, in a user interface window and automatically group at least some of the tabs together in a visually distinctive way. In at least some embodiments, this grouping is performed in response to a user interacting with the tabs in a particular way. For instance, a user may cause a tab to be created or moved within the user interface window such that the tab is grouped with a tab group or ungrouped from a tab group. Furthermore, one or more embodiments provide for certain tab-related actions, such as selecting an active tab and changing a display of a title of a tab, which can be performed in a manner based at least in part on this grouping.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising
presenting, in a browser user interface window, a plurality of tabs individual ones of which being associated with web pages or activities that have been opened; - and
automatically grouping multiple tabs together in a visually-distinctive way, wherein said automatically grouping is performed responsive to a user'"'"'s interaction with tabs that are to be grouped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:
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presenting multiple tabs in a user interface window, at least some tabs having an associated document or activity; associating one or more of the multiple tabs together in a tab group; and visually distinguishing grouped tabs, wherein visually distinguishing comprises; depicting individual tabs of the tab group in a location indicative of the tab group; and depicting individual tabs of the tab group with one or more visual indicia indicative of the tab group, wherein tabs of the tab group share common visual indicia. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, provide:
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a web browser comprising a user interface window configured to present a plurality of tabs, each tab being associated with a corresponding opened web page; and a tab management module associated with the web browser and configured to automatically group two or more of the plurality of tabs together in a visually-distinctive way responsive to one or more of the following; opening a tab in the user interface window by opening a web page from within an opened web page;
ormoving one or more of the plurality of tabs within the user interface window. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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