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US07996790B2 Button area having a mixed state button for collapsing and expanding user interface items
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具有用于折叠和扩展用户界面项目的混合状态按钮的按钮区域
- Patent Title: Button area having a mixed state button for collapsing and expanding user interface items
- Patent Title (中): 具有用于折叠和扩展用户界面项目的混合状态按钮的按钮区域
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Application No.: US11944783Application Date: 2007-11-26
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Publication No.: US07996790B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Erik F. Hennum , Sandra D. Kipp , Mark E. Molander
- Applicant: Erik F. Hennum , Sandra D. Kipp , Mark E. Molander
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048
Abstract:
A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the first state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080295014A1 User Interface Expander and Collapser Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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