Patent ID: 6201539
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method in a data processing system having a display for graphically modifying functions and/or features of a graphical user interface having at least one graphical user interface element associated therewith, said method comprising the steps of:displaying a graphical user interface element within a window within said display;temporarily removing said graphical user interface element from said window in preparation for modifying an area of said window coextensive with said graphical user interface element;designating a selected area within the coextensive area within said window;displaying a user-selected representation of a desired function and/or feature within said selected area within said window in response to said designation of said selected area;restoring said graphical user interface element to said window; andthereafter displaying said user-selected representation within said selected area within said graphical user interface element of said window whenever said window is open, wherein a user may graphically modify functions and/or features associated with said graphical user interface.