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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Acd Systems International Inc., Victoria, CA;
Philip Landman, Davie, FL (US);
Joaquin De Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US);
ACD Systems International Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
A method for managing a context-dependent display bar, including identifying a graphical object currently displayed by a graphics software application operated by a user, identifying a current edit mode in which the user is working, wherein the edit mode indicates whether or not the user has selected the identified graphical object for editing, identifying a tool for editing graphical objects currently activated by the user, determining a current context in which the user is working, the context depending upon the identified graphical object, the identified edit mode, and the identified tool, identifying at least one control associated with the current context, wherein different contexts generally have at least one different control associated therewith, and displaying the at least one control associated with the current context within a display bar of the graphics software application, each time that the current context changes.
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