LABELS AND TOOLTIPS FOR CONTEXT BASED MENUS
First Claim
1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for providing a textual assistance associated with a dynamic context based menu, the method comprising:
- detecting a dynamic context based menu displayed on a user interface in one of a collapsed and expanded state;
detecting one of;
a period of inactivity and an action associated with one or more items from a plurality of items represented by graphical icons displayed on the dynamic context based menu; and
presenting a tooltip associated with the one or more items displayed on the context based menu in response to the detected one of the period of inactivity and the action.
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Abstract
Tooltips associated with a context based menu are presented for providing information about executable commands on the context based menu. Tooltips may provide information about how to interact with the context based menu including what graphical icons on the context based menu represent and what actions a user can take to execute commands from the context based menu. The tooltips may be brief labels of the commands on the context based menu and may also expand to descriptive tooltips providing more information about the commands. The tooltips may be automatically presented in response to a detected period of inactivity by a user and may additionally be presented in response to detection of a user action such as a press and hold action in association with one or more commands on the context based menu, and may be displayed in a variety of positions around the context based menu.
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20 Claims
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1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for providing a textual assistance associated with a dynamic context based menu, the method comprising:
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detecting a dynamic context based menu displayed on a user interface in one of a collapsed and expanded state; detecting one of;
a period of inactivity and an action associated with one or more items from a plurality of items represented by graphical icons displayed on the dynamic context based menu; andpresenting a tooltip associated with the one or more items displayed on the context based menu in response to the detected one of the period of inactivity and the action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing device for providing a tooltip associated with a dynamic context based menu, the computing device comprising:
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an input device; a memory; a processor coupled to the memory and the input device, the processor executing an application and causing a user interface associated with the application to be displayed on a screen, wherein the processor is configured to; detect a context based menu displayed on a user interface; detect one of;
a period of inactivity and an action associated with one or more items from a plurality of items represented by graphical icons displayed on the context based menu, wherein the action includes one from a set of;
a press and hold action, a swipe action, a keyboard entry combination, a hovering action by a mouse input, and a hovering action by a pen input;present one or more tooltips associated with the one or more items displayed on the context based menu in response to the detected one of the period of inactivity and the action and hide the presented one or more tooltips after one of a predefined period and another user action. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon for providing a tooltip associated with a dynamic context based menu on a touch and gesture enabled device, the instructions comprising:
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detecting a dynamic context based menu displayed on a user interface; detecting one of;
a period of inactivity and an action associated with one or more items from a plurality of items represented by graphical icons displayed on the dynamic context based menu;presenting the tooltip associated with the one or more items displayed on the context based menu in response to the detected one of the period of inactivity and the action; and hiding the presented tooltip after one of a predefined period and another user action. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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