Patent ID: 8091041

Claim:
In a data processing system having a processor and a display device, a computer-implemented method comprising: displaying on the display device a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a plurality of toolbar icons; iteratively determining, via the processor, whether or not a graphical cursor is in proximity to a first toolbar icon among the plurality of toolbar icons included in said GUI; in response to a determination that the graphical cursor is in proximity to said first toolbar icon: identifying one or more additional related icons that are included in a same pre-defined toolbar icon group as said first toolbar icon, wherein said one or more additional related icons are currently displayed in said GUI; displaying a graphical border that surrounds said first toolbar icon and said one or more additional related icons, wherein when said one or more additional related icons are not displayed adjacent to one another in said GUI a plurality of separate graphical borders are displayed; displaying a first identification tab in close proximity to said graphical border, wherein said first identification tab comprises a toolbar group name corresponding to said pre-defined toolbar icon group and an icon name corresponding to said first toolbar icon; and displaying a second identification tab in close proximity to said graphical border in response to a determination that the graphical cursor is in proximity to said first toolbar icon, wherein said second identification tab includes descriptive properties corresponding to said first toolbar icon, and wherein said second identification tab includes a shortcut to a graphical menu of said first toolbar icon.