Patent ID: 8375321

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to visualize a multi-document interface in a multi-document application, the multi-document interface comprising: a view area configured to display one document at a time, even if multiple documents are opened in the multi-document application; a tab group element configured to display a plurality of tabs, each tab comprising a control that permits a corresponding document to be visualized in the view area, wherein for at least some documents that are opened by the multi-document interface, when a new document is opened in the multi-document application, the multi-document interface adds a new tab to the plurality of tabs to represent the newly opened document, and wherein color coding of the tabs is configurable by a user according to at least one of a file size of the corresponding documents or a recency of last editing of the corresponding documents.