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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Lucinio Santos-Gomez, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, data processing systems or program products which provide user interfaces including a window having a workspace and a first set of non-overlapping resizeable panes comprising a plurality of non-overlapping resizeable panes within the workspace. The non-overlapping resizeable panes occupy substantially the entirety of said workspace. Open or closing pane creates a second set of panes in the window. In the opening case, the second set of panes include the first set of panes and a new pane in non-overlapping relationship without requiring resizing of the new pane or the first set of panes by the user. In the closing case, the second set of panes include the remaining panes of the first set of panes which occupy substantially the entirety of the workspace in non-overlapping relationship without requiring resizing of the new pane or the first set of panes by the user. Selectable contents may also be provided and are contained within at least one of the non-overlapping resizeable panes which includes at least one option icon of user selectable options. Selecting an option icon causes the contents of the non-overlapping resizeable pane to be replaced by contents associated with the selected option icon.