Hiding search box based on search provider settings
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsADRIAN MARK CHANDLEY, SHANNON KATHERINE WESTPHAL
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Abstract
The display of a search box within a toolbar is controlled based on the search provider settings of search box native to an application or operating system, such as a search box natively provider by a web browser. The search box is maintained within the toolbar when the search provider for the native search box differs from the toolbar search provider. The search box may be removed or “hidden” from the toolbar when the search provider for the native search box is the same as the toolbar search provider.
Claims20
One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
- displaying a search box within a toolbar when a search provider set for a native search box differs from a search provider for the toolbar;
- and
- allowing the search box to be removed from the toolbar when the search provider set for the native search box matches the search provider for the toolbar.
One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a command to remove a search box from a toolbar, the toolbar being provided by a particular search provider as an extension to a web browser application;
- determining that a search provider set for a browser search box matches the search provider for the toolbar, wherein the browser search box comprises a search box natively provided by the web browser application, and wherein the browser search box is configured to allow a user to select from a plurality of search providers for performing a search on a search query entered in the browser search box;
- and
- displaying the toolbar without the search box based on determining that the search provider set for the browser search box matches the search provider for the toolbar.
One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
- displaying a toolbar without a search box when a search provider set for a browser search box matches a search provider for the toolbar;
- determining that the search provider set for the browser search box is changed to differ from the search provider for the toolbar;
- and
- displaying the search box in the toolbar based on determining that the search provider set for the browser search box differs from the search provider for the toolbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.