Patent ID: 8640055
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying items associated with a hierarchy, the method comprising: displaying a first item associated with a first hierarchy level within a display area on a first line corresponding with the first hierarchy level; displaying a second item associated with a second hierarchy level within the display area on a second line corresponding with the second hierarchy level, wherein the second item is a descendant of the first item; receiving a first command selecting the first item and the second item; and in response to receiving the first command, displaying the first item in a first portion of a first condensed hierarchy line and the second item in a second portion of the first condensed hierarchy line, wherein the first condensed hierarchy line includes at least two additional items related to the first and second hierarchy levels, wherein the at least two additional items includes at least one descendant item of the first and second items, wherein a visual indicator is used to indicate that a first descendant item, of the at least one descendant item of the first and second items, is an immediate descendant of the second item and not an immediate descendant of the first item.