Patent ID: 9671924
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of operating an integrated scrollbar options menu in a graphical user interface of an electronic device, comprising: highlighting a scrollbar that is operable to scroll display content in a first direction corresponding to an axis of the scrollbar in response to a first navigational movement of the scrollbar in the first direction corresponding to the axis and that includes the integrated scrollbar options menu; and accessing the integrated scrollbar options menu by expanding the scrollbar using a second navigational movement of the scrollbar that is different from the first navigational movement and includes dragging the scrollbar from a collapsed position that hides the integrated scrollbar options menu toward an expanded position that displays the integrated scrollbar options menu, wherein the integrated scrollbar options menu comprises at least one of: a snap-to-section option, wherein scrolling of the display content in response to the first navigational movement from a first section of the display content stops at a second section of the display content that is adjacent the first section; a screen-by-screen option, wherein scrolling of the display content in response to the first navigational movement from a first screen of the display content stops at a second screen of the display content that is adjacent the first screen; a continuous scrolling option, wherein the first navigational movement from the first section provides continuous scrolling through the second section; and a scrolling speed option, wherein the first navigational movement provides scrolling through the display content at a predetermined rate.