Patent ID: 7565622

Claim:
A programmable apparatus for modifying a drop down menu program, comprising: a computer having a memory, the memory containing a drop down menu program, a configuration table, and a configuration processor; wherein the drop down menu program displays menu items in a drop down menu and is modified in accordance with the configuration table to eliminate one or more manual movements required by a user when employing a user input device for activating a button on the drop down menu, selecting any text or menu item on the drop down menu, scrolling through the drop down menu, or sorting items in the drop down menu; wherein the configuration table comprises a plurality of pointer operations and a plurality of user selectable operation modes that correspond to the plurality of pointer operations; wherein a first pointer operation is a pointer-over operation and wherein a first selectable operation mode corresponding to the first pointer operation is activating a menu button; and wherein the configuration processor detects a change in the configuration table in response to a user selection of a selectable mode and distributes the change to the drop down menu program; wherein, responsive to the first pointer operation, when a user moves a pointer over the menu button on the drop down menu the menu button on the drop down menu is activated without any other user action.