Title:
ドラッグ・アンド・ドロップ操作時にコンテナ・オブジェクトを選択的にオープンするグラフィカル・ユーザ・インタフェースおよび方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3742428
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A new behavior in a graphical user interface allows the user to open and close enclosures, while dragging an object. When the user pauses, gestures, or rolls over a hot spot on top of an icon or text representing a closed enclosure, a temporary window for the closed enclosure is “sprung open” to allow the user to browse inside the enclosure and possible open another enclosure contained within the temporary window. This process can be carried on throughout a hierarchy of windows as the user browses for a destination window for the drag operation. All of the temporary windows except the destination are closed when the mouse button is released, signaling the end of a drag. The user may close sprung open windows by simply moving the cursor out of the sprung open window, or by making some other gesture. If an enclosure to be sprung open was previously open on the desktop, the previously opened window may zoom over to the current mouse position, and then return to its original position when the user mouse is out of the window.
Inventors:
Conrad, Thomas Jay
Won, Inn In
Won, Inn In
Application Number:
JP50195595A
Publication Date:
February 01, 2006
Filing Date:
June 03, 1994
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Apple Computer Incorporated
International Classes:
G06F3/048; G06F3/14; G06F3/00; G06F3/033; G06F9/44
Domestic Patent References:
| JP62276673A | ||||
| JP62103687A | ||||
| JP5210477A |
Foreign References:
| EP0514307A2 |
Other References:
NOTEBOOK TABS AS TARGET LOCATION FOR DRAG/DROP OPERATIONS, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, 米国,IBM Corp., 1992年12月,vol.35,No.7, p.207
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Yamakawa
Hiroro Kurokawa
Masayuki Konno
Osamu Nishiyama
Jiro Suzuki
Shigeki Yamakawa
Hiroro Kurokawa
Masayuki Konno
Osamu Nishiyama
Jiro Suzuki
Shigeki Yamakawa