Method and apparatus for docking re-sizeable interface boxes

Details Method and apparatus for docking re-sizeable interface boxes Method and apparatus for docking re-sizeable interface boxes

1994-12-13

1998-10-06

Breene, John E.

G06F 300

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058190554

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for docking re-sizeable graphical user interface (GUI) boxes to a docking region located along a side of a primary GUI box with which the dock is associated. When a first GUI box becomes associated with a dock so that at least one resizeable GUI box is associated with a row of the dock to which the first GUI box is to be added, the dimensions of at least one GUI box associated with the row of the dock are altered automatically so that the docked GUI box occupies a prescribed length of a row of the dock.
In a row containing at least two re-sizeable GUI boxes, a row minor splitter detection region is provided for simultaneously altering the along dimension of at least two of the re-sizeable GUI boxes. In a row containing at least one re-sizeable GUI box, a row major splitter detection region is provided for modifying the across dimension of the row and all re-sizeable windows contained in the row.

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