Patent ID: 6239799
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for allowing a developer to lay out a window divided by at least one splitter bar on a display in a computer system, the window capable of including a plurality of controls placed in the window, the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing at least one splitter bar control for the at least one splitter bar, the at least one splitter bar control for controlling at least a portion of the plurality of controls placed in the window when the at least one splitter bar is moved, the at least one splitter bar control being a peer control of the at least the portion of the plurality of controls;(b) allowing the portion of the plurality of controls to be associated with the at least one splitter bar control such that the portion of the plurality of controls are moved, resized or both in response to a movement of the at least one splitter bar.