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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Robert M. Howard, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrei Chtcherbatchenko, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Howard, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrei Chtcherbatchenko, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A web page editor displays a web page including at least two elements that are at least partially overlapping. The web page editor includes an element selection mechanism displaying a list of overlapping elements of the web page at a selected point on the web page. The element selection mechanism allows a user to unambiguously select between the elements of the web page at the selected location from the displayed list.