Patent ID: 8122376

Claim:
In a computer system including a display and at least one user input device, a method for manipulating the dimensions of a toolbar, wherein the toolbar includes one or more toolbar components including a first representation and a second representation and wherein the toolbar is associated with at least one reference attribute, the method comprising: obtaining user input corresponding to a manipulation of the dimensions of the toolbar; obtaining a current reference attribute value for the toolbar; if the current reference attribute value for the toolbar is between a first size threshold and a second size threshold, displaying a first representation in each toolbar component and adjusting dimensions of the first representation relative to the user input, while maintaining the relative position of the toolbar components to each other and displaying the toolbar such that the adjusted first representation of each toolbar component is displayed; and if the current reference attribute value for the toolbar is not between the first size threshold and the second size threshold, displaying a second representation of each toolbar component and adjusting dimensions of the second representation relative to the user input, while maintaining the relative position of the toolbar components to each other and displaying the toolbar such that the adjusted second representation of each toolbar component is displayed.