Patent ID: 9367223
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for using a scroll bar in a multiple panel user interface, the method comprising: determining, by one or more computer processors, that two or more panels are displayed on a user interface, the two or more panels being operated by a same scroll bar; detecting, by one or more computer processors, a cursor movement over the same scroll bar; responsive to the cursor movement over the same scroll bar, displaying, by one or more computer processors, an icon; receiving, by one or more computer processors, an active panel selection via the icon; indicating, by one or more computer processors, that the selected panel is active; detecting, by one or more computer processors, movement of the same scroll bar on the selected active panel; scrolling, by one or more computer processors, a displayed content of the selected active panel corresponding to the movement of the same scroll bar; saving, by one or more computer processors, a position of the displayed content and corresponding position of the same scroll bar within the active panel; responsive to subsequent selection of the panel, displaying the saved position of the displayed content and corresponding position of the same scroll bar; and proportioning, by one or more computer processors, a length of the scroll bar in the icon to the saved position of said same scroll bar within the respective active panel.