Patent ID: 7460134

Claim:
In a computer system having a display system displaying desktop content and having a defined preferred interaction area of the display surface on the display system in which the user interacts with the computer system, a method for relocating the desktop content on the display system, the method comprising: detecting a reposition action indicating that the desktop content is to be repositioned with respect to the preferred interaction area; repositioning the desktop content of the entire display surface of the display system according to the detected reposition action without repositioning the preferred interaction area, such that a portion of the desktop content previously located outside of the preferred interaction area is now located within the preferred interaction area and/or a portion of the desktop content previously located in the preferred interaction area is located outside of the preferred interaction area; and displaying the desktop content falling outside of the preferred interaction area according to the available display area, wherein displaying the desktop content falling outside of the preferred interaction area according to the available display area comprises displaying a portion of the desktop content in a scaled manner according to the available display area outside of the preferred interaction area for that portion of the desktop content.