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US 2010/0169828 A1Published application
Computer desktop organization via magnet icons
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNancy E. Kho, Fang Lu
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNancy E. Kho, Fang Lu
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Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for computer desktop organization via magnet icons. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for computer desktop organization via magnet icons can include creating a magnet icon and placing the magnet icon on a graphical user interface (GUI) desktop. The method also includes selecting an object attribute for the magnet icon and filtering icons on the GUI desktop according to the object attribute. Finally, the method includes moving the filtered icons in proximity to the magnet icon on the GUI desktop. In one aspect of the embodiment, the method further includes receiving an operation to be applied to the magnet icon and concurrently applying the operation to the filtered icons in proximity to the magnet icon.
In a graphical user interface (GUI) desktop, a method for computer desktop organization via magnet icons, the method comprising:
A personal computing data processing system configured for computer desktop organization via magnet icons, the system comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for computer desktop organization via magnet icons, the computer program product comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.