Dynamic hierarchical selection menu
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPhillip Beaudet, Matthew Black, Jonathan Edwards, Julian Jones, Eduardus Antonius Theodorus Merks, Roger Spall
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Abstract
A control window for navigating and implementing menu selections in a multiple level hierarchical menu is provided having a first zone displaying a list of the selection levels and a second zone displaying a list of the selection options within a selection level. The second zone is refreshed with selections for another selection level in the menu hierarchy in response to a user implementation or registration of a selection option at the originally displayed selection level. Preset default settings in all selection levels permit the user to implement a "fast path" hierarchical menu selection.
Claims13
A computer program product for hierarchical menu selections for use in a computer system having a display screen, comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium for providing a zoned menu control window including a first zone displaying indicators representing a plurality of selection levels in a menu hierarchy, and a second zone having contents comprising a displayed list of selection options for one of said selection levels;
- computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for entering an option selected from said displayed list of selection options;
- computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for refreshing said contents of said second zone by replacing said displayed list of selection options with a second list of selection options for a different selection level in response to entry of an option selected from said displayed list of selection options;
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- computer readable program code registration means embodied in said medium for implementing a computer task on selection of options for all selection levels in said menu hierarchy.
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