Object picker with window splitter

A computer-implemented method for displaying an application work of an application, the method comprising:

• an act of providing a splitting mechanism for splitting the work area into a plurality of windows, each window capable of displaying a selected open object of a plurality of open objects that are open in the application;
• for at least some of the plurality of windows, an act of providing a selectively viewable open object list that allows a user to select one of the plurality of open objects to display in the corresponding window from the selectively viewable list that shows at least some of the plurality of open objects.

A physical computer program product comprising one or more physical computer-readable media having thereon one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, causes the computing system to operate an application that displays an application work area that comprises:

• a splitting mechanism for splitting the work area into a plurality of windows, each window capable of displaying a selected open object of a plurality of open objects that are open in the application, wherein the splitting mechanism performs splitting both in the horizontal and vertical directions such that a horizontal split for an upper set of windows need not be aligned with a horizontal split for a lower set of windows, and such that a vertical split for a more left set of windows need not be aligned with a vertical split for a more right set of windows;
• wherein each of all of the plurality of windows further comprises:
• a corresponding distinct drop down list that allows a user to select one of the plurality of open objects to display in the corresponding window, wherein the drop down list allows any of the open objects to be displayed in the corresponding window regardless of whether that open object is already displayed in another of the plurality of windows.