Method for displaying selectable and non-selectable elements on a small screen

A method for displaying structured information on a screen, said method comprising:

• displaying on said screen a portion of said structured information, said portion comprising a number of elements included in said structured information;
• determining whether a width of said one element is greater than a width of said screen when said one element is selected;
• and
• scrolling, automatically and horizontally, said one element without scrolling each other element in said portion upon determining that said width of said one element is greater than said width of said screen.

A method for displaying structured information on a screen, said method comprising:

• receiving said structured information comprising a plurality of selectable and non-selectable elements, wherein said selectable elements include at least one of options and texts, said non-selectable elements include text entirely displayable at one time on said screen;
• displaying a portion of said plurality of selectable and non-selectable elements on said screen;
• said portion including at least one of said selectable elements which is a long selectable element having a length greater than a width of said screen;
• determining a number of displayable portions of said long selectable element based on said width of said screen after said long selectable element is selected;
• and
• scrolling, successively, respectively and repeatedly, each of said number of said displayable portions of said long selectable element without scrolling each other of said selectable and non-selectable elements.

An apparatus for displaying structured information on a screen, said apparatus comprising:

• a screen;
• a memory for storing instructions executable by a processor as an application module;
• a processor, coupled to said screen and said memory, capable of executing said instructions to said application module to perform operations of:
• displaying on said screen a portion of said structured information, said portion comprising a number of elements, wherein at least one of said elements in said portion is a selectable element having a width greater than a width of said screen;
• and
• scrolling, automatically and in a predefined direction, said selectable element in such a manner that, at any given time only complete words in said selectable element are displayed while not scrolling each other element in said portion.

A computer product including instructions executable by a processor in a device with a display screen, said computer product comprising:

• program code for displaying on said screen a portion of said structured information, said portion including a number of elements;
• program code for determining whether a width of one of said elements is greater than a width of said screen when said one of said elements is selected;
• and
• program code for scrolling, automatically and horizontally, said one of said elements without scrolling each other of said elements when said one of said elements is greater than said width of said screen.

A computer product for displaying structured information on a screen, said computer product comprising:

• program code for receiving said structured information comprising a plurality of selectable and non-selectable elements, wherein each of said selectable elements includes an option, said non-selectable elements include text entirely displayable at one time on said screen;
• program code for displaying a portion of said plurality of selectable elements on said screen;
• said portion including at least one of said selectable elements which is a long selectable element having a length greater than a width of said screen;
• program code for determining a number of displayable portions of said long selectable element based on said width of said screen after said one of said long selectable elements is selected;
• and
• program code for scrolling, successively, respectively and repeatedly, each of said number of said displayable portions of said long selectable element without scrolling each other element of displayed portions of said selectable and non-selectable elements.