Patent ID: 7853894
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in a display device, displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a plurality of toolbar icons; determining whether or not a graphical cursor is in proximity to a first toolbar icon among the plurality of toolbar icons included in said GUI; in response to a determination that the graphical cursor is in proximity to said first toolbar icon: identifying one or more additional related icons that are included in a same pre-defined toolbar icon group as said first toolbar icon, wherein said one or more additional related icons are currently displayed in said GUI; displaying a graphical border that surrounds said first toolbar icon and said one or more additional related icons, wherein when said one or more additional related icons are not displayed adjacent to one another in said GUI a plurality of separate graphical borders are displayed; wherein said displaying said graphical border includes displaying the graphical border around the one or more related icons in response to a determination that the graphical cursor is in proximity to a toolbar pull-down menu item that corresponds to said plurality of related icons; and displaying a first identification tab in close proximity to said graphical border, wherein said first identification tab comprises: a toolbar group name corresponding to said pre-defined toolbar icon group; an icon name corresponding to said first toolbar icon; a graphical thumbtack icon that generates a moveable hover window in response to input from said graphical cursor, wherein said moveable hover window includes at least said graphical border, copies of each icon in said pre-defined toolbar icon group, and said first identification tab; and a graphical close icon that removes said moveable hover window from view in response to input from said graphical cursor.