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Command user interface for displaying and scaling selectable controls and commands

A technology of display control and selection control, which is applied in the direction of user interface execution, program control device, input/output process of data processing, etc., and can solve the problem of reducing the amount of screen space.

Active Publication Date: 2016-11-30
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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However, as the size of computing devices decreases, so does the amount of screen space available to display workspaces, controls, and commands

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[0021] Various embodiments are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and show specific embodiments or examples. These aspects may be combined, other aspects may be utilized, and structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the following detailed description should therefore not be considered in a limiting sense, the scope of the present disclosure being defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0022] As briefly described above, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to improved graphical interfaces. As discussed above, smaller and smaller computing devices are being designed and used. As computing devices decrease in size, so do the sizes of their display screens. Therefore, the size of the window displaying the software application is also small. Smaller windows provide less room to display the workspace (also kno...

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Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon.

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Background technique [0001] Computer and software users have grown accustomed to user-friendly software applications that help them write, calculate, organize, prepare presentations, send and receive email, make music, and more. For example, word processing applications allow users to prepare various useful documents. Spreadsheet applications allow users to enter, manipulate and organize data. Electronic slide presentation applications allow users to create various slide presentation documents that contain text, pictures, data, or other useful objects. [0002] To assist users in locating and using commands in a given software application, a user interface that includes multiple command controls is typically provided along the top, bottom, or sides of the displayed workspace, where the user can enter, copy, manipulate and formatted text or data. These commands often include selectable buttons with names such as "File," "Edit," "View," "Insert," "Format," and the like. Typi...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44G06F3/0482G06F3/0483G06F3/0484
CPCG06F3/0482G06F3/0483G06F3/04842G06F3/04847G06F2203/04803G06F9/451G06F3/0485G06F9/44
Inventor M·罗德里格E·基金-伊尔C·S·瓦尔克B·R·豪厄尔H-W·叶A·格里戈罗维特D·F·M·迪亚斯
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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