Method and system for providing an embedded application toolbar
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    发明授权
    Method and system for providing an embedded application toolbar 有权
    提供嵌入式应用工具栏的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06686938B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-03

    申请号:US09477739

    申请日:2000-01-05

    IPC分类号: G09G500

    CPC分类号: G06F3/0481

    摘要: A method and system for providing menu tools directly from an operating system includes a computer system having a user interface including a display, a cursor, and a cursor control device, and an operating system. Menu tools are provided to one or more application windows. A menu item associated with a menu tool represents an available operating system function and an interactive icon associated with the menu item may be placed in a toolbar region in one of the application windows for access to the function. A special operating mode is activated for selecting menu items for use in the toolbar and making the function associated with the menu item available to the application by moving the menu item to the toolbar region. The menu item is represented as an interactive icon once the special operating mode is activated. The operating system function associated with the menu item is made available to the application window directly from the operating system by interaction with the icon. The menu item is further represented as an icon in regions of additional application windows which may either be active or subsequently instantiated through inheritance. The special operating mode is activated from a special key on an input device. Menu items are displayed along with menu tools corresponding to available operating system functions.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于从操作系统直接提供菜单工具的方法和系统包括具有包括显示器,光标和光标控制设备的用户界面的计算机系统以及操作系统。 菜单工具提供给一个或多个应用程序窗口。 与菜单工具相关联的菜单项表示可用的操作系统功能,并且与菜单项相关联的交互式图标可以被放置在用于访问功能的应用窗口之一中的工具栏区域中。 激活特殊操作模式以选择在工具栏中使用的菜单项,并通过将菜单项移动到工具栏区域使与菜单项相关联的功能可用于应用。 一旦特殊操作模式被激活,菜单项就被表示为交互式图标。 与菜单项相关联的操作系统功能通过与图标的交互直接从操作系统提供给应用程序窗口。 菜单项进一步表示为附加应用窗口的区域中的图标,其可以是活动的或随后通过继承实例化。 特殊操作模式由输入设备上的特殊键激活。 显示菜单项以及与可用操作系统功能相对应的菜单工具。