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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Erik F. Hennum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandra D. Kipp, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
Erik F. Hennum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandra D. Kipp, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the first state.