Patent ID: 7565623

Claim:
A graphical user interface embodied on one or more computer-readable storage media and executable on a computer, said graphical user interface comprising: a screen display for displaying one or more items in one of a plurality of available file view modes for a file list window in an operating system; and a slider input control presented in the screen display and operable to obtain a single user input indicative of both a selected file view mode and a selected setting within the selected file view mode, wherein the single user input substantially simultaneously selects the selected file view mode and the selected setting, an alternative control to the slider input control presented in the screen display and operable to obtain a single user input indicative of both a selected file view mode and a selected setting within the selected file view mode, wherein the single user input substantially simultaneously selects the selected file view mode and the selected setting, wherein the selected file view mode and the selected setting define a presentation scheme for each of the items presented in the file list window on the screen display.