Patent ID: 8972890
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method, comprising: displaying a first menu bar in a graphical user interface on a display, the position of the first menu bar being determined independent of the position of any window in the graphical user interface, the first menu bar displaying a set of first menus associated with a first window in the graphical user interface; detecting a change in focus from the first window to a second window in the graphical user interface; and responsive to detecting the change in focus, animating a change in the first menu bar from displaying the set of first menus associated with the first window to displaying a set of second menus associated with the second window, the first and second menus including at least one different menu, the animation of the first menu bar being independent of any animations applied to the first and second window as a result of the change in focus.