Apple Inc.

Seth Tobin Odam

Joseph G Ansanelli

James Riddle Harker

John Linehan Welde, Jr

A method for arranging windows in a workspace on a computer display screen. The method includes the steps of assigning, using a central processing unit, a priority to each of a first plurality of windows in the workspace according a predefined criteria, a selected window having the highest priority. The method further includes the step of indenting by an indentation distance value from a reference position in the workspace on the computer display screen each of the first plurality of windows, the window having the lowest priority being positioned the closest to the reference position, the window having the highest priority being positioned the furthest from the reference position and in the visual foreground of the workspace on the computer display screen.

Method for arranging windows in a computer workspace

A method of modifying a display matrix in a matrix display area in a window on a computer display screen. The method includes the steps of displaying data in a matrix format, thereby forming a display matrix in the matrix display area, the matrix display area having a first dimension, and increasing, responsive to a selection of an increase activator, the number of existing columns of matrix cells in the display matrix by adding an additional column of matrix cells to the display matrix. The method further includes the step of computing, using a central processing unit, a computed width of a column of matrix cells in the existing columns of matrix cells if the column of matrix cells is reduced in width to accommodate the additional column of matrix cells. The method also includes the steps of reducing the width of the column of matrix cells to accommodate the additional column of matrix cells within the first dimension if the computed width does not fall below a predefined minimum column width, and increasing a width of the matrix display area to accommodate the additional column of matrix cells if the computed width falls below the predefined minimum column width.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Seth Tobin Odam