Method for displaying hidden objects by varying the transparency of overlapping objects
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDimitri Kanevsky, Alexander Zlatsin, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
The dynamically sized window automatically adjusts its right border if the text on the line exceeds beyond the window size, thereby eliminating a need for a manual adjustment of the window size and/or scrolling through the window. Moreover, the present invention enables a capability to increase only the selective parts of the window that displays a longer line. Similarly, adjustments to the window are enabled for those windows having graphical pictures whose size exceeds the window size. Windows overlapping other windows may be made transparent so that the underlying window is visible.
Claims32
A method for enabling a view of one or more objects hidden by one or more overlapping objects on a display terminal, the method comprising:
- determining an object overlying a selected hidden object;
- and
- graphically attributing a degree of transparency to the overlying object such that the selected hidden object can be viewed trough the overlying object having the degree of transparency, said attributing being performed automatically based on a predetermined criteria associated with the selected hidden object, said criteria computed based on statistical data of a user's past behavior.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for enabling a view of one or more objects hidden by one or more overlapping objects, the method steps comprising:
- determining an object overlying a selected hidden object;
- and
- graphically attributing a degree of transparency to the overlying object such that the selected hidden object can be viewed through the object having the degree of transparency, said attributing being performed automatically based on a predetermined criteria associated with the selected hidden object, said criteria computed based on statistical data of a user's past behavior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.