Patent ID: 6049335
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A graphic editing apparatus for editing graphic elements presented on a display, the graphic elements comprising a predetermined number of distinct element types, said graphic editing apparatus comprising:cursor moving means for moving a cursor to a moved cursor position on the display in accordance with a first input operation by a user;graphic presence decision means for deciding whether one of the graphic elements is present at said moved cursor position;command menu memory means for storing command menus of graphic editing commands for respective distinct element types;menu reading means for reading from said command menu memory means one of said command menus corresponding to a distinct element type of said one graphic element determined to be present at said moved cursor position by said graphic presence decision means;command menu display means for displaying the one of said command menus of corresponding graphic editing commands, read by said menu reading means, on the display;menu item selecting means for selecting one of said graphic editing commands displayed on the display, on a spot thereof, in accordance with a second input operation by the user;display order means for storing orders of display of the graphic editing commands for each command menu and modifying the order of graphic editing commands of the one of said command menus on the display based upon the selection of the one of said graphic editing commands selected on the spot by said menu item selecting means; andcommand executing means for executing the one of said graphic editing commands selected on the spot by said menu item selecting means, thereby minimizing an amount of movement by the mouse.