DISPLAYING NODES ON A VIEW SCREEN
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of displaying nodes, including: displaying, in response to that one or more nodes are selected on a view screen on which nodes are displayed together with respective connection lines between the nodes, the selected one or more nodes on a pallet; drawing connection lines extending from the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, on the view screen; and scrolling, in response to that one or more connection lines extending from the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet are selected or that one or more nodes on the pallet are selected, a display on the view screen such that one or more nodes at connection destinations of the selected connection lines or the selected nodes are displayed within the view screen.
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16. A method for displaying nodes, said method comprising:
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displaying, by a processor of a computer, a view screen on which a plurality of nodes of multiple nodes are displayed together with multiple connection lines, wherein each node of the displayed plurality of nodes is displayed as being in direct physical contact with at least one connection line of the multiple connection lines, and wherein a display of the computer comprises the view screen; said processor receiving a selection of one or more nodes of the displayed plurality of nodes; in response to said receiving the selection of one or more nodes, said processor displaying, on a pallet on the view screen, the selected one or more nodes, wherein the pallet on the view screen partially covers each node of the one or more nodes so that a covered portion of each covered node is not visible on the view screen; said processor drawing on the view screen, for each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one or more connection lines extending from each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, wherein each extending connection line corresponds to a respective connection line of the at least one connection line in direct physical contact with each node of the selected one or more nodes, and wherein each extending connection line is connected to a respective destination node, of the multiple nodes, not being currently displayed on the view screen; and said processor scrolling and zooming out the view screen, resulting in the pallet being displayed in the view screen together with one node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one extending connection line extending from the one node, and the respective destination node to which the one extending connection line is connected. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a computer to implement a method for displaying nodes, said method comprising:
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said processor displaying a view screen on which a plurality of nodes of multiple nodes are displayed together with multiple connection lines, wherein each node of the displayed plurality of nodes is displayed as being in direct physical contact with at least one connection line of the multiple connection lines, and wherein a display of the computer comprises the view screen; said processor receiving a selection of one or more nodes of the displayed plurality of nodes; in response to said receiving the selection of one or more nodes, said processor displaying, on a pallet on the view screen, the selected one or more nodes, wherein the pallet on the view screen partially covers each node of the one or more nodes so that a covered portion of each covered node is not visible on the view screen; said processor drawing on the view screen, for each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one or more connection lines extending from each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, wherein each extending connection line corresponds to a respective connection line of the at least one connection line in direct physical contact with each node of the selected one or more nodes, and wherein each extending connection line is connected to a respective destination node, of the multiple nodes, not being currently displayed on the view screen; and said processor scrolling and zooming out the view screen, resulting in the pallet being displayed in the view screen together with one node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one extending connection line extending from the one node, and the respective destination node to which the one extending connection line is connected. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code executable by the processor via the memory to implement a method for displaying nodes, said method comprising:
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said processor displaying a view screen on which a plurality of nodes of multiple nodes are displayed together with multiple connection lines, wherein each node of the displayed plurality of nodes is displayed as being in direct physical contact with at least one connection line of the multiple connection lines, and wherein a display of the computer comprises the view screen; said processor receiving a selection of one or more nodes of the displayed plurality of nodes; in response to said receiving the selection of one or more nodes, said processor displaying, on a pallet on the view screen, the selected one or more nodes, wherein the pallet on the view screen partially covers each node of the one or more nodes so that a covered portion of each covered node is not visible on the view screen; said processor drawing on the view screen, for each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one or more connection lines extending from each node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, wherein each extending connection line corresponds to a respective connection line of the at least one connection line in direct physical contact with each node of the selected one or more nodes, and wherein each extending connection line is connected to a respective destination node, of the multiple nodes, not being currently displayed on the view screen; and said processor scrolling and zooming out the view screen, resulting in the pallet being displayed in the view screen together with one node of the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, one extending connection line extending from the one node, and the respective destination node to which the one extending connection line is connected. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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Specification