Method and system for displaying an icon in a user interface
OwnerPeter Fringsinventor
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Abstract
A method for displaying an icon in a user interface and a system in which the method is implemented. The user interface includes an icon associated with an object. The icon has an out-of-context icon state wherein the object is not related to a current state of the user interface.
Claims18
A method for displaying an icon in a user interface, the method comprising:
- checking if an object associated with said icon is related to a current state of said user interface;
- and
- determining an icon state of said icon, based on said check,
- wherein said determined icon state is an out-of-context icon state if said object is not related to said current state of said user interface.
A method for displaying a first icon and a second icon in a user interface, the method comprising:
- checking if a second object associated with said second icon is related to a first object associated with said first icon;
- and
- determining an icon state of said second icon, based on said check, wherein said determined icon state is an out-of-context icon state if said second object is not related to said first object.
A method for managing a pre-press workflow comprising:
- displaying an icon in a user interface;
- checking if an object associated with said icon is related to a current state of said user interface;
- and
- determining an icon state of said icon, based on said check,
- wherein said determined icon state is an out-of-context icon state if said object is not related to said current state of said user interface.
A user interface for interacting of a user with a computer, said user interface comprising an icon associated with an object, wherein said icon has an out-of-context icon state if said object is not related to a current state of said user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.