Patent ID: 9613167
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of limiting a number of displayed user-selectable elements that are moved along an axis thereof, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of user-selectable elements along the axis of user-selectable elements, the user-selectable elements being displayed in a rectilinear arrangement on a display area; and adding and displaying a new user-selectable element in a position among the displayed user-selectable elements of the axis including determining in which direction the displayed user-selectable elements are going to scroll along the axis in order to allow the addition and display of the new user-selectable element on the axis by comparing a number of user-selectable elements displayed in a direction preceding the position of the new user-selectable element and a number of user-selectable elements displayed in a direction following the position of the new user-selectable element and, based thereon, selecting the direction having a minimum number of displayed user-selectable elements to be displaced, with the displayed user selectable elements in the non-selected direction remaining in place, as a result of the adding and displaying of the new user-selectable element on the axis.