User interface control for creating split panes in a single window
CA 2175148 C · Owner: Merks, Eduardus Antonious Theodorus · Inventors: Merks, Eduardus Antonious Theodorus; Spall, Roger P.; Cecco, Robert
Overview
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An improved method is disclosed for creating and sizing panes within a window of a display screen of a computer system as part of an interactive graphical user interface. Grab handles are positioned in the borders of the panes. When a grab handle of a pane is selected by user interaction an adjustable rectangularform is created on the screen which represents a new pane. The existing pane is split in an arbitrary manner. The size of the new pane can be varied so as to include areas of the screen from other existing panes. The existing panes are then reconfigured so as to be accommodated of the screen along with the newly created pane.
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- Filed April 26, 1996 and granted June 11, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2016.
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