Floating toolbar
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsFlorian Jann, Michael Krenkler, Tina Rauschenbach, Emil Voutta
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Abstract
A device and a method for displaying content on a display device involve generating a graphical user interface including a toolbar in response to a request to display content. The toolbar is displayed simultaneously with the content on a display screen of the display device, with at least two sides of the toolbar are separated from edges of the display screen. The toolbar is partially transparent and brought onto display using an animation, separately from display of the content.
Claims18
A processor implemented method for displaying content on a display device, comprising:
- responsive to a request to display content, generating a graphical user interface including a toolbar;
- displaying the toolbar simultaneously with the content on a display screen of the display device, wherein at least two sides of the toolbar are separated from edges of the display screen;
- and
- responsive to a request to move the toolbar, determining whether a side of the toolbar is being moved closer to an edge of the display screen than a threshold distance, and if so, restricting the movement of the toolbar such that the side of the toolbar does not become closer to the edge of the display screen than the threshold distance.
A computer device comprising:
- a display screen;
- and
- a hardware processor that performs the following:
- responsive to a request to display content, generate a graphical user interface including a toolbar;
- display the toolbar simultaneously with the content on a display screen of the display device, wherein at least two sides of the toolbar are separated from edges of the display screen;
- and
- responsive to a request to move the toolbar, determine whether a side of the toolbar is being moved closer to an edge of the display screen than a threshold distance, and if so, restrict the movement of the toolbar such that the side of the toolbar does not become closer to the edge of the display screen than the threshold distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.