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System and method for resizing and rearranging a composite toolbar by direct manipulation

  • US 6,057,836 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1997
  • Issued: 05/02/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system including a display device and an input device and employing a graphical user interface (GUI), a method for rearranging a composite toolbar, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) displaying a composite toolbar in an initial configuration state, the composite toolbar having a plurality of sections displayed on a number n rows;

    (b) receiving from the input device an indication that one of the sections has been moved in a first direction;

    (c) in response to one of the sections being moved in a first direction, expanding the moved section so that it overlaps an adjacent section;

    (d) receiving from the input device an indication that one of the sections has been moved in a second direction;

    (e) in response to one of the sections being moved in a second direction, collapsing the section so that it reveals an adjacent section;

    (f) receiving from the input device an indication that one of the sections has been moved in a third direction;

    (g) in response to one of the sections being moved in a third direction, moving the section to a new row and displaying it in an expanded state;

    (h) receiving from the input device an indication that one of the sections has been moved in a fourth direction; and

    (i) in response to one of the sections being moved in a fourth direction, moving the section to an existing adjacent row, displaying the section in an expanded state, and displaying the section previously on the existing adjacent row in a compressed state.

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