Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions, comprising instructions for:
- displaying toolbar items in a toolbar area and a document in a document area, the toolbar area and the document area being non-overlapping and the toolbar items including a menu item and one or more other items;
hiding the one or more other items displayed in the toolbar area in response to a first state change associated with the toolbar; and
in response to hiding the one or more other items, causing the document area to overlap the toolbar area such that the document area expanded to include the entirety of the toolbar area and displaying the document therein.
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Abstract
A method and system for changing the area in which to view the content of a document while maintaining access to various viewing options. In a first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area while a document is displayed in a document area. In changing to a second viewing state, certain items of the toolbar area are hidden while a menu toolbar item remains displayed. In addition, the document area is expanded to include the now-minimized toolbar area. The menu toolbar item may become semi-transparent during the second viewing state, provides access to viewing options, and also allows the viewing state to be changed back to the first viewing state.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions, comprising instructions for:
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displaying toolbar items in a toolbar area and a document in a document area, the toolbar area and the document area being non-overlapping and the toolbar items including a menu item and one or more other items; hiding the one or more other items displayed in the toolbar area in response to a first state change associated with the toolbar; and in response to hiding the one or more other items, causing the document area to overlap the toolbar area such that the document area expanded to include the entirety of the toolbar area and displaying the document therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for viewing a document, comprising:
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providing a document viewing control that includes a first and second state, wherein in the first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area and the document is displayed in a document area, wherein the toolbar area and the document area are non-overlapping, and wherein in the second state the document area is expanded to include the toolbar area, a semi-transparent toolbar item is displayed in the toolbar area and the document is displayed in an area comprising the expanded document area; and accessing the document viewing control from an application to cause the document viewing control to change between the first and second states. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for viewing a document, comprising:
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a document viewing component including a first and second state, wherein the document viewing component is arranged to display a first set of toolbar items in the first state and to display a second set of toolbar items in the second state, wherein the document viewing component is further arranged to display the document in a first area in the first state and a second area in the second state, wherein the first area does not include area occupied by the first set of toolbar items, and wherein the second area does include area occupied by the first and second set of toolbar items; and an application component arranged to interact with the document viewing component to change between the first and second states. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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