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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eduardo Abe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Julien Carnec, Lesneven, FR;
Yves Le Bras, San Francisco, CA (US);
David M. Zeleznik, Middletown, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A graphical processor, method, and/or computer program product controls a display of user controls on a graphical user interface. A display tool displays a screen view of a data image on a display, wherein the screen view includes one or more graphical objects. A magnifier tool displays a zoomed-in view of a portion of the screen view, wherein the zoomed-in view is superimposed on the screen view, and wherein the zoomed-in view remains turned on until turned off by the user. A crosshair tool targets a graphical object in the zoomed-in portion of the view. A decoration tool displays a user control for a targeted graphical object.