Scroll bar for computer display
An improved scroll bar arrangement for a window (canvas) displayed on a computer screen includes a computer display canvas comprised of a wire frame and a scroll button (fader cap) at a side edge and/or bottom edge of the canvas. The fader cap is actuated to place scroller markers at the edge of the wire frame; each scroller marker may be activated to print the respective display at the position of the scroller marker. Scroller markers may receive assignments from within the wire frame, or from onscreen objects outside the wire frame.
1 . In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means associated with said at least one scroller marker for printing only the denoted portion of the display within the frame.
2 . The improved electronic display of claim 1 , further including a plurality of said scroller markers, each denoting a respective portion of the display within said frame.
3 . The improved electronic display of claim 2 , wherein said means for printing includes a Print Area On command to activate said scroller markers to print the respective denoted portions of the display in non-contiguous fashion.
4 . The improved electronic display of claim 2 , wherein said means for printing includes an arrow drawn through selected ones of said plurality of scroller markers and extending to a Print command object displayed onscreen, whereby portions of said display within said frame corresponding to said selected ones of said scroller markers are printed.
5 . The improved electronic display of claim 2 , wherein each scroller marker may be modified to set a page size and format for printing, whereby each scroller marker may cause the printing of the respective denoted portion in the respective modified page size and format.
6 . In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means for assigning at least one component of said denoted portion of the display within the frame to said at least one scroller marker.
7 . The improved electronic display of claim 6 , wherein said means for assigning includes an arrow drawn from said at least one component to said at least one scroller marker.
8 . The improved electronic display of claim 6 , wherein said means for assigning includes dragging at least one component to intersect at least one said scroller marker.
9 . The improved electronic display of claim 6 , wherein said at least one component includes a functional device, whereby clicking on said at least one scroller marker scrolls said display within said frame to present said functional device.
10 . The improved electronic display of claim 9 , wherein said denoted portion of said display within said frame includes data files operable by said functional device.
11 . The improved electronic display of claim 7 , wherein said assignment arrow extends through data files displayed within said frame and operable by said functional device, whereby said data files are set to be operated upon by said functional device.
12 . In an electronic display having a frame for defining the boundaries of a display area and a scroller fader cap displayed at one edge of said frame and constrained to translate along said one edge to scroll a display within said frame, the improvement comprising:
means for activating said fader cap to place at least one scroller marker on said one edge of said frame, said scroller marker denoting a portion of the display within the frame at the corresponding position of said fader cap;
means for assigning at least one onscreen object outside said frame to said at least one scroller marker.
13 . The improved electronic display of claim 12 , wherein said means for assigning includes an arrow drawn from said onscreen object to said at least one scroller marker.
14 . The improved electronic display of claim 12 , wherein said onscreen object outside said frame is selected from the following categories of representative onscreen objects: active devices, actions, operations, properties, and functions.
15 . The improved electronic display of claim 14 , further including at least one data file within said denoted portion of the display, wherein said means for assigning said onscreen object further enables said onscreen object to operate on said at least one data file within said denoted portion of said frame.
16 . The improved electronic display of claim 14 wherein said means for assigning said onscreen object outside said frame further enables said onscreen object to operate on data files outside said denoted portion of said frame.