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Enhanced scrolling technique for context menus in graphical user interfaces

  • US 5,854,629 A
  • Filed: 12/31/1996
  • Issued: 12/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Computer readable code embodied on a computer readable-medium for use in a computing environment for providing a scrolling function for a context menu which logically comprises a first number of panes and for which a second number of panes may be displayed at a time via a graphical user interface, and the first number of panes is larger than the second number of panes, comprising:

  • first subprocesses for displaying a predetermined number of panes in a context menu;

    second subprocesses for determining whether the predetermined number of panes is less than a total number of panes logically associated with the context menu;

    third subprocesses for displaying a selectable mechanism along a bottom edge of the context menu if it is determined that the total number of panes is greater than the predetermined number of panes, wherein the selectable mechanism is a bar having a width substantially equal to that of the context menu; and

    fourth subprocesses for causing the panes displayed in the context menu to logically scroll down one pane upon selection of the mechanism by a user.

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