Patent ID: 8392819

Claim:
A method for selecting a row or column within a computer-generated table at a client computing device, the method comprising: providing a row perimeter zone for each row within a table, the row perimeter zone being located at a border of the row at the perimeter of the table, providing a column perimeter zone for each column within the table, the column perimeter zone being located at the border of the column at the perimeter of the table; receiving an indication of a cursor being located within a specified perimeter zone, the specified perimeter zone being the row perimeter zone for one of the rows or being the column perimeter zone for one of the columns within the table; in response to receiving an indication of a cursor being located within a specified perimeter zone, displaying an on-object user interface, the on-object user interface being located at the border of the column associated with the specified perimeter zone or at the border of the row associated within the perimeter zone; receiving an indication of a selection of the displayed on-object user interface; in response to receiving an indication of a selection of the displayed on-object user interface, designating the row or column within the table associated with the displayed on-object user interface for allowing modification to content contained within the designated row or column; after displaying an on-object user interface and in response to receiving an indication of a cursor being located on the displayed on-object user interface, activating the displayed on-object user interface; and in response to activating the displayed on-object user interface, providing an indication that the on-object user interface is activated for designating the row or column within the table associated with the displayed on-object user interface for allowing modification to content contained within the designated row or column, wherein activation includes changing a visual appearance of the activated on-object user interface.