Patent
1995-06-13
1997-07-15
Feild, Joseph H.
395342, G06F 300
Patent
active
056491336
ABSTRACT:
A user interface and corresponding algorithms allow a user to resize an object by manipulating a handle. In particular, the interface provides a large handle which is clearly oriented to suggest a direction of movement merely by its appearance. Each handle is noticeably wider than its associated edge, and oriented towards the interior of the object to clarify that this object is active. If one handle is moved towards the other handle, at some point, the handles would come into contact with each other. Since each handle is noticeably wider than its associated edge, this potential collision may occur at some distance from either edge, possibly limiting the range of motion of the edge. At least one, and preferably both, handles are displaced along each handle's respective edge so that the handles do not collide and so each handle can be brought closer to the opposite edge.
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Apple Computer Inc.
Feild Joseph H.
Larwood David J.
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