Patent ID: 7315988

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: retrieving a plurality of element properties corresponding to a plurality of elements, wherein the elements are adapted to be displayed on a display device, and wherein the element properties of at least one of the elements includes one or more short captions; determining whether the display device onto which the elements are to be displayed is a constrained display device; selecting one of the short captions corresponding to one of the elements based upon determining that the display device is constrained; displaying the selected short caption on the display device; and prior to the retrieving, determining, selecting, and displaying steps, receiving the one or more short captions corresponding to at least one of the elements, the receiving including: selecting one of the elements; receiving the one or more short captions corresponding to the selected element; identifying one or more display environments in which the received short captions are to be displayed in lieu of displaying the normal caption that corresponds to the element; and storing the short captions and the display environments in the element properties that correspond to the selected element.