Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Plural physical display element control system – Display elements arranged in matrix
Patent
1993-12-15
1997-02-11
Hjerpe, Richard
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Plural physical display element control system
Display elements arranged in matrix
345145, G09G 500
Patent
active
056025637
ABSTRACT:
A method, system and program for displaying data in a panel with output fields which are insufficiently long to display some data. A panel with data in a plurality of output fields is displayed, in one preferred embodiment, the data is displayed in matrix form. A first data displayed in a truncated manner in a first output field insufficiently long to fully display the first data. If the first output field is selected, a first location on the display is determined at which a first floating output field sufficiently long to display the first data will not overlap any significant feature of the panel and the first floating output field is displayed at this location. An indicia is displayed in any output field to indicate that the data is displayed therein in a truncated manner. If subsequent output fields are selected containing truncated data, their floating output fields are located so that they do not overlap any previous floating output field. If subsequent locations can not be identified, the previous output fields can be repositioned. Alternatively, a permissible distance between a truncated output field and its floating output field can be increased.
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Chang David Y.
Li Shih-Gong
Hjerpe Richard
International Business Machines - Corporation
LaBaw Jeffrey S.
Liang Regina
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