DISPLAYING WEBPAGE INFORMATION OF PARENT TAB ASSOCIATED WITH NEW CHILD TAB ON GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20160188138A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Luke, Chen, Paige, Liu, Ken, Yuan, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 10,289,278 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

Provided are a method, computer program product and computer system for displaying webpage information of a parent tab associated with a new child tab on a graphical user interface. The method includes the following steps: opening a link for identifying a new tab in a new webpage from a parent webpage; creating the new tab; recording a position of the link; capturing a screen of the parent webpage to generate a screenshot; highlighting the link in the screenshot; and saving the screenshot with the highlighted link to a tooltip attribute of the new tab.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A method, said method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computer system, a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor;

(i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link, and (iv) generating a screenshot of the parent webpage with the included first link, wherein said generating the screenshot comprises visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot; and

said processor saving the screenshot with the highlighted first link to a tooltip attribute of the new tab.

10. The method of claim 9, said method further comprising:

after said saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab; and

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the highlighted first link.

11. The method of claim 10, said method further comprising:

during said displaying the screenshot, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the parent webpage comprises a second link, and wherein said generating the screenshot further comprises visually highlighting the second link in the screenshot, wherein the first link and the second link are highlighted differently in the screenshot.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises circling the first link by a slender frame in the screenshot.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises highlighting the first link by a distinguishing color or font in the screenshot.

15. The method of claim 9, said method further comprising:

in further response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor recording a position of the link.

16. The method of claim 9, said method further comprising:

in further response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor recording a width/height of the link.

17. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method, said method comprising:

said processor receiving a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor;

(i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link, and (iv) generating a screenshot of the parent webpage with the included first link, wherein said generating the screenshot comprises visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot; and

said processor saving the screenshot with the highlighted first link to a tooltip attribute of the new tab.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, said method further comprising:

after said saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab; and

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the highlighted first link.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, said method further comprising:

during said displaying the screenshot, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the parent webpage comprises a second link, and wherein said generating the screenshot further comprises visually highlighting the second link in the screenshot, wherein the first link and the second link are highlighted differently in the screenshot.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises circling the first link by a slender frame in the screenshot.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises highlighting the first link by a distinguishing color or font in the screenshot.

23. A computer system, 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, said method comprising:

said processor receiving a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor;

(i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link, and (iv) generating a screenshot of the parent webpage with the included first link, wherein said generating the screenshot comprises visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot; and

said processor saving the screenshot with the highlighted first link to a tooltip attribute of the new tab.

24. The computer system of claim 23, said method further comprising:

after said saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab; and

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the highlighted first link.

25. The computer system of claim 24, said method further comprising:

during said displaying the screenshot, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

26. The computer system of claim 23, wherein the parent webpage comprises a second link, and wherein said generating the screenshot further comprises visually highlighting the second link in the screenshot, wherein the first link and the second link are highlighted differently in the screenshot.

27. The computer system of claim 23, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises circling the first link by a slender frame in the screenshot.

28. The computer system of claim 23, wherein said visually highlighting the first link in the screenshot comprises highlighting the first link by a distinguishing color or font in the screenshot.