Patent ID: 8205169

Claim:
A method of presenting multiple editors on at least one display device, the method comprising: displaying a first display mode including a first arrangement of a second editor with respect to a first editor in an application display area, wherein the first arrangement includes a first data view and a first control set of the first editor and a second data view and a second control set of the second editor; receiving a first command to change from the first display mode to a second display mode; and in response to the first command, displaying the second display mode, wherein displaying the second display mode comprises: enlarging the first editor in the application display area; and reducing the second editor to a user interface element located on a set of edges of the application display area, wherein the user interface element includes a closed configuration wherein the second data view and the second control set are not visible; wherein the second display mode includes a second arrangement of the user interface element with respect to the enlarged first editor; wherein the first display mode presents the second editor as a background element at least partially covered by the first editor contained in an additional user interface element located on the set of edges of the application display area; and wherein the second display mode presents the first editor as a background element at least partially covered by the second editor.