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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Marieke Iwema, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawna Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert J. Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
F. David Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Guy Barker, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bodin Dresevic, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marieke Iwema, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawna Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert J. Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
F. David Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Guy Barker, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bodin Dresevic, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or 'halo,' is added surrounding the original graphical object's body. The halo may be in the same color as the graphical object originally was, preserving any meaning attributed to the color of the graphical object and simplifying the user's ability to identify the selected object(s), as well as the ability to select the highlighted object for further processing. The highlighted graphical object may also be displayed with a bounding box to further identify the selected object(s). A moving version of the highlighted graphical object may be drawn during a moving process, in which the moving version has an appearance distinct from the original object.