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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Anthony C. Spielberg, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony C. Spielberg, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a display control module, a cursor control device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of graphical control elements such as sliders, and a human interface device with keys. A mapping of individual keys or simultaneously selected combinations of keys to sliders is stored by the display control module. A slider is adjustable by the cursor control device while the key mapped to the slider is activated and is disassociated from the cursor control device when the mapped key is deactivated. A computer program product embodiment includes a computer readable medium having computer usable program code for mapping a slider to a corresponding key, activating the slider for adjustment, adjusting the slider with a cursor control device while maintaining a key or combination of keys in the active state, and terminating adjustment of the slider by placing the key in an inactive state.