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Methods and apparatus for a window pane sash control with memory
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Inventors: Gentner, Donald R.; Evans, John; Cotton, Christopher;
Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Primary Examiner: Bayerl; Raymond J.
Assistant Examiner: Hailu; Tadesse
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Methods and systems for using a sash control graphic to resize panes in a window are disclosed herein. In the present invention, a sash control comprising at least one direction area and a drag area is used to resize panes in a display window. Information reflecting a first configuration of the panes within the window is stored. The panes may be automatically reset to the first configuration from a second configuration within the window based on the stored information in response to a single-action activation of the at least one direction area of the sash control without moving or dragging the sash control. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a method for managing the display of windows in a computer system having a display for displaying the windows in connection with executing tasks comprises the operations of displaying a window containing at least two panes and a sash control; storing information reflecting a first configuration of the panes within the window; and resetting the panes to the first configuration from a second configuration within the window based on the stored information in response to activation of the sash control.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for managing the display of windows corresponding to tasks executable by a computer comprises a memory having program instructions, and a processor configured to use the program instructions to display a window containing at least two panes and a sash control; store information reflecting a first configuration of the panes within the window; and reset the panes to the first configuration from a second configuration within the window based on the stored information in response to activation of the sash control.
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