Patent ID: 7539945

Claim:
An apparatus for organizing a graphic workspace on a computer including a display having a graphic workspace, comprising: memory to store a plurality of objects in the memory, wherein each of the objects occupy a window on the display when opened; first window management logic, coupled with the display, that manages and displays a plurality of opened windows within a window region of the graphic workspace, wherein windows in the plurality of opened windows may overlap and obscure other windows in the plurality of opened windows within the window region; second window management logic, coupled with the display and the first window management logic, that provides a control region within the graphic workspace, and an identifier within the control region corresponding to a particular opened window, and is responsive to user input indicating selection of the identifier within the control region for moving the particular opened window into the window region; and logic that removes only the particular window from the window region in response to selection of a different window, wherein no icon is shown in the window region on the display to represent the particular window after it is removed.