Patent ID: 9569071
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for operating a graphic menu bar, suitable for a portable electronic device having a touch screen, comprising: providing a graphic menu bar, which comprises M graphic items arranged in sequence, wherein M is a positive integer, wherein each graphic item represents a different user interface with a different function; displaying N connected graphic items of the M graphic items along a coordinate axis direction in the graphic menu bar on the touch screen, wherein N is a positive integer smaller than M; in response to detecting a touch signal in a first graphic item at one end of the graphic menu bar on the touch screen, wherein the first graphic item at one end is the first one of the graphic items and displayed at one end of the touch screen, and in response to detecting the touch signal is moved toward the coordinate axis direction and ended at the other end of the touch screen, moving the graphic menu bar displayed on the touch screen along a direction opposite to the coordinate axis direction so as to switch to display a second graphic item at the other end of the graphic menu bar at the other end of the touch screen, wherein the second graphic item at the other end is the last one of the graphic items and the second graphic item is displayed on the other end of the touch screen after the movement of the graphic menu bar and not displayed before the movement of the graphic menu bar, wherein the first graphic item is displayed before the movement of the graphic menu bar and not displayed after the movement of the graphic menu bar, and wherein the first graphic item at one end of the graphic menu bar and the second graphic item at the other end of the graphic menu bar are not connected to each other; and in response to detecting the touch signal is terminated at the second graphic item, switching to a user interface corresponding to the second graphic item.