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Folder bar widget

  • US 5,745,718 A
  • Filed: 07/31/1995
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for simultaneously viewing and manipulating a plurality of sub-containers of a container displayed in a folder bar widget on a display screen, comprising the steps of:

  • displaying a plurality of adjacent tabs within the folder bar widget, each tab representing a sub-container of the container;

    displaying a first menu listing first contents of a first sub-container in response to a pointing device activating a first tab representing the first sub-container at a point adjacent to said first tab; and

    concurrently displaying a second menu listing second contents of a second sub-container in response to the pointing device activating a second tab representing the second sub-container at a point adjacent to said second tab, wherein the first contents and second contents are concurrently displayed in a non-overlapping manner.

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