Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar

A method for viewing a document, comprising:

• providing a document viewing control that includes a first and second state, wherein in the first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area and the document is displayed in a document area, wherein the toolbar area and the document area are non-overlapping, and wherein in the second state the document area is expanded to include the toolbar area, a semi-transparent toolbar item is displayed in the toolbar area and the document is displayed in an area comprising the expanded document area;
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• accessing the document viewing control from an application to cause the document viewing control to change between the first and second states.

An apparatus for viewing a document, comprising:

• a document viewing component including a first and second state, wherein the document viewing component is arranged to display a first set of toolbar items in the first state and to display a second set of toolbar items in the second state, wherein the document viewing component is further arranged to display the document in a first area in the first state and a second area in the second state, wherein the first area does not include area occupied by the first set of toolbar items, and wherein the second area does include area occupied by the first and second set of toolbar items;
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• an application component arranged to interact with the document viewing component to change between the first and second states.