Dockable drop-down dialogs
AssigneeCorel Corporation
InventorsRamesh Subramanian, Stephen Mereu, Robert Reid
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Abstract
A user interface dialog is provided. The user interface dialog comprises tear-off functionality for being torn-off from a drop-down selection, and docking functionality for docking onto a docker.
Claims28
A user interface dialog comprising:
- tear-off functionality for being torn-off from a drop-down selection;
- and
- docking functionality for docking onto a docker.
A user interface dialog system comprising:
- a tear-off function for tearing-off a dialog from a drop-down selection;
- and
- a dock function for docking the dialog on a docker.
An application framework comprising:
- an application window;
- a drop-down system for dropping a dialog from a drop-down selection and for tearing-off the dialog from the drop-down selection;
- a docking system for docking the dialog on a docker and for floating the dialog on the window;
- and
- a merge function for converting a drop-down dialog into a dockable dialog.
A method for providing user interface dialog, the method comprising steps of:
- providing tear-off functionality for tearing-off the dialog from a drop-down system;
- and
- providing docking functionality for docking the dialog in a docker.
A method for providing a user interface dialog system, the method comprising steps of:
- providing an application window for a user;
- providing a drop-down system for dropping a dialog from a drop-down selection and for tearing-off the dialog from the drop-down selection;
- providing a docking system for docking the dialog in a docker and for floating the dialog on the window;
- and
- providing a merge function for converting a drop-down dialog into a dockable dialog.
A method for adding a dialog to a docker, the method comprising steps of:
- tearing-off the dialog from a drop-down selection;
- and
- docking the dialog to the docker.
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing a user interface dialog system, the method comprising steps of:
- providing a tear-off function for tearing-off a dialog from a drop-down selection;
- and
- providing a dock function for docking the dialog in a docker.
Computer-readable media for storing instructions or statements for use in the execution in a computer of a method for providing a user interface dialog system, the method comprising steps of:
- providing a tear-off function for tearing-off the dialog from a drop-down selection;
- and
- providing a dock function for docking the dialog in a docker.
A computer program product for use in the execution in a computer for providing a user interface dialog system, the user interface framework management comprising:
- a tear-off function for tearing-off a dialog from a drop-down selection;
- a dock function for docking the dialog in a docker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.