Patent ID: 7565625
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for a computer system comprises: displaying a toolbar region comprising a plurality of initially displayed user selectable icons, referred to as the first plurality of icons, on a display wherein the first plurality of icons are associated with a particular toolbar; positioning a cursor on the display over the toolbar region, in response to user input; receiving a first command from the user while the cursor is positioned on the display over the toolbar region, wherein the first command from the user comprises pressing a button on a user input device; in response to the first command and without opening a dialog box, displaying a plurality of additional user selectable icons, referred to as the second plurality of icons, on the display in response to the first command wherein the second plurality of icons includes one or more icons not previously associated with the particular toolbar; positioning the cursor on the display over one additional user selectable icon of the second plurality of icons wherein the one icon is one of the one or more icons not previously associated with the particular toolbar; receiving a second command from the user while the cursor is positioned on the one additional user selectable icon, wherein the second command from the user comprises releasing the button on the user input device; and displaying the one additional user selectable icon and the entire first plurality of icons in the toolbar region in response to the second command.