US 2010/0146434 A1 · Minimap Navigation for Spreadsheet

Abstract

Methods and system for navigation in a data grid include defining a first region in a containment window of a display device associated with a computer system, to render data in a first data grid. The first data grid includes a plurality of rows and columns of data representing a portion of data in the data grid. A second region within the containment window provides a smaller, visual representation of the data in the data grid. The second region includes a two-dimensional data grid with a plurality of data portions with each data portion corresponding to a page of data in the data grid. Each of the plurality of data portions in the second region is provided with preview information to identify the content contained therein. A thumb tool within the second region enables selection and navigation to a coordinate point within a selected data portion within the second region using the two-dimensional data grid information. The selection and navigation to the selected coordinate point within the data portion in the second region enables rendering of the corresponding page of data in the first region. The data in the first region is a subset of the data in the second region and the data in the second region is a subset of the data in the data grid.

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Dependent claims

A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions defining a navigation tool stored thereon which, when executed, display a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling navigation in a data grid, the GUI comprising:

a first region of the GUI to render data from a first data grid, the first data grid comprising a plurality of rows and columns of data representing a portion of the data in the data grid represented by corresponding row and column coordinates;
a second region within the GUI providing a smaller visual representation of the data in the data grid, the second region including a second data grid with a plurality of rows and columns representing a portion of the data in the data grid, each data portion of the second data grid representing a viewable page of data in the first region, wherein each data portion is defined by a corresponding row and column in the first data grid;
and
a thumb tool within the second region to enable selection and navigation to a selected data portion in the second data grid at the second region, the navigation to the selected row and column in a data portion in the second region enabling rendering of a corresponding page of data in the first region starting with the selected row and column coordinates,
wherein each of the data portion in the second data grid at the second region providing a preview of the data contained therein prior to the actual navigation to the selected data and wherein the data in the first data grid is a subset of the data in the second data grid and the data in the second data grid is a subset of the data in the data grid.

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A method for navigating in a data grid, comprising:

defining a minimap region within a containment window of a computing system for rendering at least a portion of data in the data grid, the minimap region rendering the data in a two-dimensional grid with a plurality of data portions, each of the plurality of data portions in the minimap region representing a viewable page of data in the data grid, each of the plurality of data portions defined by a corresponding row and column in the data grid, wherein each of the plurality of data portions provides a preview of data contained therein;
defining a thumb tool within the minimap region to select and navigate to a selected data portion rendered within the minimap region, the navigation to the selected row and column in the data portion enabling rendering of a corresponding page of data in a viewport region the data in the viewport region represented by corresponding row and column coordinates;
and
rendering corresponding data from a selected data portion of the minimap region at a viewport region within the containment window upon selection and navigation, the rendering of data in the viewport region being two-dimensional starting with the selected row and column coordinates,
wherein the minimap region provides a smaller visual representation of the data in the data grid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Minimap Navigation for Spreadsheet

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