Patent ID: 6996783

Claim:
A method for selectively adjusting a transparency of a displayable object within a user interface using a flashlight tool, said method comprising the steps of: enabling a flashlight tool; selecting an operating criteria of said flashlight tool by receiving a user selection criteria for said flashlight tool such that said flashlight tool is effective on at least one displayable object that meets said user selection criteria; positioning said flashlight tool at a location within a user interface by: setting said flashlight tool to be operative on said at least one displayable object that meets said user selection criteria; operating said flashlight tool to locate said at least one displayable object that meets said user selection criteria; and positioning said flashlight tool at a location over said at least one displayable object that meets aid user selection criteria; and selectively adjusting a transparency level of said at least one displayable object within said user interface, such that said transparency level of said at least one displayable object is selectively adjusted according to said operating criteria of said flashlight tool.