System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser
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1. A computer display having an operating system shell browser rendered thereon, said shell browser comprising:
- an operating system shell browser display window divided into at least two panes;
whereina first pane displays a group of graphical items representing a plurality of files and folders in a computing system; and
a second pane displays application-neutral metadata values associated with a plurality of user-selected ones of the displayed items; and
an operating system interface element that permits, without invoking an application running in the operating system, user modification of at least a plurality of the metadata values displayed in the second pane, wherein user modifications are application-neutral such that a modified metadata value is available to subsequent requesting applications, and wherein user modifications are in response to a user selecting said displayed metadata values to directly modify the metadata values in the second pane.
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Abstract
A system and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser. A group of items and associated metadata values are displayed in a window of the shell browser. An edit control permits user modification of metadata values displayed in the window. The user can modify metadata associated with a welcome pane, a selected item, or multiple selected items. A data structure stored on one or more computer-readable media contains metadata associated with items displayed in a shell browser, including user modifiable metadata which is also displayed in the shell browser.
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1. A computer display having an operating system shell browser rendered thereon, said shell browser comprising:
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an operating system shell browser display window divided into at least two panes;
whereina first pane displays a group of graphical items representing a plurality of files and folders in a computing system; and a second pane displays application-neutral metadata values associated with a plurality of user-selected ones of the displayed items; and an operating system interface element that permits, without invoking an application running in the operating system, user modification of at least a plurality of the metadata values displayed in the second pane, wherein user modifications are application-neutral such that a modified metadata value is available to subsequent requesting applications, and wherein user modifications are in response to a user selecting said displayed metadata values to directly modify the metadata values in the second pane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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