Presentation of items arranged in a hierarchy
AssigneeInternaltional Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark Carl Hampton, William John Izard
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent items and sub-items. The method comprises the steps of: identifying one or more parent items in the hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of the identified parent items possess a particular property; and presenting the hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of the identified parent items possess the particular property.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent and sub-items, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more parent items in said hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of said identified parent items possess a particular property;
- presenting said hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of said identified parent items possess said particular property;
- and
- displaying a combination of italicized text and underlining of the same folder to indicate that both the folder and its sub folders are read only;
- and
- suppressing the display of identified parent items.
A computer system comprising:
- memory for storing data and instructions;
- an audio-video interface for presenting data;
- and
- at least one processor unit coupled to said memory and said audio-video interface;
- wherein said at least one processor unit is programmed to:
- identify one or more parent items in said hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of said identified parent items possess a particular property;
- and
- present said hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of said identified parent items possess said particular property;
- display a combination of strikethrough and boldface of the same folder to indicate that both the folder and its sub folders are read only;
- and
- suppress the display of identified parent items.
A computer program product comprising computer program software stored thereon for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent and sub-items, said computer software comprising:
- computer program code for identifying one or more parent items in said hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of said identified parent items possess a particular property;
- computer program code for presenting said hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of said identified parent items possess said particular property;
- computer program code for displaying a combination of boldface and underlining in red color of the same folder to indicate that both the folder and its sub folders are read only;
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- computer program code for suppressing the display of identified parent items.
A computer-implemented method for presenting folders in a hierarchy, said method comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more parent folders in said hierarchy, wherein all sub-folders of said one or more parent folders are read-only;
- presenting said hierarchy of folders in a manner to enable a user to differentiate between said identified one or more parent folders and other parent folders in said hierarchy;
- displaying a combination of italicized text, boldface, strikethrough, and underlining of the same folder to indicate that both the folder and its sub folders are read only;
- and
- suppressing the display of identified parent items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.