User interface component and method of navigating across a boundary coupled to a scroll bar display element
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of navigating across a boundary coupled to at least one scroll bar display element, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving user input to move a user control across the boundary; and
(b) navigating across the boundary only after user input has been received to move the user control a predetermined distance beyond the boundary.
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Abstract
A user interface component and method of using the same navigate across a boundary coupled to a scroll bar display element only after user input to move a user control at least a predetermined distance beyond the boundary is received. A boundary may be defined within a scroll bar display element, or may be defined between a scroll bar display element and another display element (such as another scroll bar display element). By preventing navigation of a boundary until a predetermined distance beyond such boundary has been crossed, inadvertent user input which would otherwise result in accidental navigation of a boundary is disregarded.
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31 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of navigating across a boundary coupled to at least one scroll bar display element, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving user input to move a user control across the boundary; and (b) navigating across the boundary only after user input has been received to move the user control a predetermined distance beyond the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of graphically representing on a computer display a plurality of linked records including first and second records, the first record including a link to the second record, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying first and second node display elements that are respectively associated with the first and second records, the first and second node display elements graphically linked with one another across a boundary; (b) displaying a user control on the first node display element such that the first node display element is a current node display element; and (c) in response to user manipulation of the user control to select the second node display element as the current node display element, selecting the second node display element as the current node display element only after the user control has been manipulated beyond a predetermined distance across the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A user interface component configured to be displayed on a computer display, the user interface component comprising:
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(a) a scroll bar display element; (b) a navigable boundary coupled to the scroll bar display element; and (c) a user control coupled to the scroll bar display element, the user control responsive to user input to navigate across the boundary only after user input has been received to move the user control a predetermined distance beyond the boundary.
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28. A computer system configured to navigate across a boundary coupled to at least one scroll bar display element, the computer system comprising:
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(a) a computer display; and (b) a processor configured to receive user input to move a user control across the boundary; and
to navigate across the boundary only after user input has been received to move the user control a predetermined distance beyond the boundary.
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29. A program product comprising:
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(a) a program configured to receive user input to move a user control across a boundary coupled to at least one scroll bar display element; and
to navigate across the boundary only after user input has been received to move the user control a predetermined distance beyond the boundary; and(b) a signal bearing media bearing the program. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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