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System and process for generating a dynamically adjustable toolbar

  • US 6,624,831 B1
  • Filed: 10/17/2000
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented process for displaying in an allotted space on a display screen a toolbar made up of a series of toolbar buttons each representative of a particular-function or command and comprising icons with or without associated labels, said process comprising the actions of:

  • assigning a priority to each label associated with an icon of a toolbar button and each icon associated with a toolbar button;

    eliminating from consideration as a displayable item any label and any icon without a label or with an eliminated label, in the order of their assigned priorities from the lowest to the highest that will not fit into the allotted space; and

    , displaying the icons of any toolbar button, along with any labels associated with these icons, which are not eliminated from consideration as a displayable item, in the allotted toolbar space.

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