File management user interface
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsScott D. Hoogerwerf, Aryeh N. Polsky, Rolf A. Ebeling, Benjamin A. Betz, Christopher J. Guzak, Brendan M. Dohm, Michael J. Gilmore, Arun Gurunathan
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Abstract
File management user interface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, properties of a file are displayed in a user interface by a computing device. In response to selection of a particular one of the properties in the user interface, one or more representations of one or more other files that include a corresponding value of the particular property are displayed, respectively, of the file.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- responsive to a user selection of a properties option that is output in response to a selection of a representation of a file in a property user interface displaying properties of the file and associated values for the properties in the property user interface by a computing device;
- and
- in response to a selection of a particular one of the properties of the file having a respective said associated value in the property user interface, locating one or more other files having a corresponding value of the particular property that matches the respective said associated value of the particular property of the file, and displaying one or more representations of the one or more other files in the property user interface that include the corresponding value that matches the respective said associated value of the particular property, respectively, of the file.
One or more computer readable storage media comprising instructions stored thereon that responsive to execution by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a right click of a representation of a file in a property user interface;
- responsive to the detecting, displaying an option that is selectable to display properties of the file;
- responsive to a selection of the option, displaying a list of properties of the file and associated values of the properties in the property user interface;
- and
- in response to a selection, via the property user interface and from the list of properties of the file, of one said property of the file having a respective said associated value, displaying one or more representations of one or more other files in the property user interface, respectively, that include a corresponding value for the selected one said property of the file that is within a predefined range of the respective said associated value of the selected one said property, of the file.
A hardware computing device comprising:
- a file management module embodied within the hardware computing device, the file management module configured to:
- responsive to a user selection of a properties option in a first list that is output in response to a selection of a representation of a file via a property user interface, display properties of the file and associated property values for the properties in a second list on the property user interface by a computing device;
- and
- receive, via the property user interface, a selection from the second list of a particular one of the properties of the file having a respective said associated property value;
- and
- in response to the selection of the particular one of the properties of the file, locate one or more other files having a corresponding value of the particular one of the properties that matches the respective said associated property value of the file in the property user interface;
- and
- in response to location of the one or more other files, display in a third list one or more representations of the one or more other files that include the corresponding value that matches the respective said associated property value of the file in property user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.