Enhanced visualization and selection of multi-layered elements in a containment hierarchy
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Grotjohn, Lucinio Santos-Gomez, Michael Stokes
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for displaying multiple elements in a graphical editor, wherein the multiple elements overlap and share a common space in the graphical editor; invoking a visual affordance that opens a zoom window; and displaying the visual affordance and the zoom window in an area in the graphical editor where the multiple elements overlap, wherein the zoom window displays a visual representation that is modified to show overlapping multiple elements
Claims20
A computer-implementable method comprising:
- displaying multiple elements in a graphical editor, wherein the multiple elements overlap and share a common space in the graphical editor;
- invoking a visual affordance that opens a zoom window;
- and
- displaying the visual affordance and the zoom window in an area in the graphical editor where the multiple elements overlap, wherein the zoom window displays a visual representation that is modified to show overlapping multiple elements.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- a memory coupled to the data bus;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured to:
- display a Zoom Widget at a common border of two graphical representations in a computer Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the two graphical representations include a front graphical representation that is fully visible and a back graphical representation that is visually obscured by the top graphical representation, and wherein the Zoom Widget provides a view of at least part of the back graphical representation.
A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured to:
- display a Zoom Widget at a common border of two graphical representations in a computer Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the two graphical representations include a front graphical representation that is fully visible and a back graphical representation that is visually obscured by the top graphical representation, and wherein the Zoom Widget provides a view of at least part of the back graphical representation
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.