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AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsHeather A. McIntosh, Eswar Priyadarshan, Alan Ruberg, Timothy Shea
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In a window and notification based computer system, a browser class, a browser item layout class, a browser item data cell layout class and a browser item class are provided to the window object class hierarchy for applications to provide collection browsers on a display. An application provides a collection browser by creating a browser item layout object, zero or more browser item data cell layout objects, a browser object, and zero or more browser item objects as class instances of the four enumerated classes, and providing procedures for servicing events generated by a user interacting with the objects presented in the collection browser using a cursor control device and/or a keyboard. As a result applications may provide collection browsers in a more efficient and consistent manner.
In a computer system having a display coupled to a central processing unit (CPU) executing a window system and at least one independent application, a method for said at least one independent application to provide collection browsers having browser items for selective browsing by users comprising the steps of:
A computer controlled display system comprising a display coupled to a central processing unit (CPU) executing at least one application, said display system comprising:
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