Patent ID: 7805674

Claim:
A method of controlling a display size of a formula bar in a spreadsheet, the method comprising: controlling, by a display system, the display size of the formula bar and a formula bar module in parallel in a main window module of a spreadsheet application controlling, by a sub-system I of the display system, the display size of the formula bar by controlling a display state of the formula bar; controlling, by a sub-system II, a display range of specific contents in the formula bar, wherein said display state comprises a shrink state or an expanded state of the formula bar, and wherein said specific contents comprises the contents currently being edited in the formula bar, and said display range comprises the display range for said specific contents; continuously executing real-time detecting and measuring of said formula bar module while the application is running; acquiring data on the size of the formula bar from said formula bar module; in response to the acquired data exceeding a prescribed range, issuing a command to said formula bar module requesting a change in the size of the formula bar; in response to issuing said command to said formula bar module requesting said change in the size of the formula bar popping up a sizing bar comprising a shrink button and a expand button which controls said display state in the formula bar and provides a feedback with data on said display state; based on the data acquired, popping up a scroll bar with a scroll box which may be used for controlling said display range; and providing feedback to the display system for controlling the display size of the formula bar.