Method and system for navigating through parts of a document

A user interface for navigating through parts of a document, the user interface comprising:

• a scroll line comprising a plurality of segments, each segment pointing to a unique part in a document,
• a unique identifier for uniquely identifying each of the unique parts in the document, the scroll line underlining the unique identifier of a current part;
• a viewable area for displaying the current part;
• and
• at least one scroll element provided on the scroll line, the scroll element being operable to navigate between parts of the document by moving it across the segments, each position of the scroll element on the scroll line selecting exactly one segment, the scroll element being positioned at a first segment on the scroll line, the first segment pointing to the current part;
• and
• the scroll line being operable to receive a first user action comprising selecting and dragging an image of the scroll line away from a current position of the scroll line and to change the information being displayed about the scroll line based on the distance between a current position of the image scroll line and an initial position of the scroll line.

A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• presenting a user interface with a scroll line comprising a plurality of segments, each segment pointing to a unique part in a document, each of the unique parts being identified by a unique identifier, the scroll line underlining the unique identifier of a current part being displayed in a viewable area;
• providing at least one scroll element on the scroll line, the scroll element being operable to navigate between parts of the document by moving it across the segments, each position of the scroll element on the scroll line selecting exactly one segment, the scroll element being positioned at a first segment on the scroll line, the first segment pointing to the current part;
• receiving a first user action comprising selecting and dragging an image of the scroll line away from a current position of the scroll line;
• changing the information being displayed about the scroll line based on the distance between the current position of the image scroll line and an initial position of the scroll line;
• receiving a second user action comprising selecting at least a portion of the displayed information;
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• displaying a new part in the viewable area based on the selection.