Method and Apparatus for Summoning a Palette
AssigneeAdobe Systems Incorporated
InventorTy Lettau
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for summoning a palette to a cursor location is presented. An application is run, the application having a work area in a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The application includes at least one palette associated therewith. A cursor can be operated within the work area. An input is provided causing one of the at least one palette to be presented at a location adjacent the cursor, and wherein the palette is maintained at the location.
Claims21
A computer implemented method comprising:
- presenting an application, said application having a work area in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), said application including at least one palette associated therewith;
- receiving data relating to operation of a cursor within said work area;
- and
- receiving an input causing one of said at least one palette to be presented at a location adjacent said cursor, and wherein said palette is maintained at said location.
A computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon, the medium comprising:
- instructions for presenting an application, said application having a work area in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), said application including at least one palette associated therewith;
- instructions for receiving data relating to operation a cursor within said work area;
- and
- instructions for receiving an input causing one of said at least one palette to be presented at a location adjacent said cursor, and wherein said palette is maintained at said location.
A computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor;
- a communications interface;
- an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface;
- and
- wherein the memory is encoded with an application summoning a palette to a cursor position, that when performed on the processor, provides a process for processing information, the process causing the computer system to perform the operations of:
- presenting an application, said application having a work area in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), said application including at least one palette associated therewith;
- receiving data relating to operation a cursor within said work area;
- and
- receiving an input causing one of said at least one palette to be presented at a location adjacent said cursor, and wherein said palette is maintained at said location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.