Managing display windows on small screens

1 . A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for managing display windows on a screen, comprising:

obtaining a location of a display window on the screen, the entire display window being too large to be viewed at one time on the screen;

receiving user input via a re-positioning apparatus that is not a part of the display window; and

moving the location of the display window on the screen based on the user input.

2 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , further comprising manually initiating the re-positioning apparatus.

3 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 2 , wherein manually initiating the re-positioning apparatus comprises selecting a toolbar associated with the re-positioning apparatus in a taskbar displayed on the screen.

4 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , further comprising automatically initiating the re-positioning apparatus.

5 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 4 , wherein automatically initiating the re-positioning apparatus comprises monitoring the location of the display window in relation to the size of the screen and initiating the re-positioning apparatus when a pre-determined portion of the display window is not viewable on the screen.

6 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , wherein the re-positioning apparatus comprises a scroll bar displayed in a child window on the screen.

7 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 6 , wherein movement of the scroll bar and the display window are in unison.

8 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , wherein the re-positioning apparatus comprises a set of keys on a keypad of a computing device.

9 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , wherein moving the display window comprises moving a portion of the display window where a cursor can not access the display window.

10 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , further comprising terminating the re-positioning apparatus when the display window closes.

11 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , further comprising manually terminating the re-positioning apparatus.

12 . The computer-readable medium recited in claim 1 , wherein the re-positioning apparatus moves another display window on the screen instead of the display window.

13 . A computer-executable method comprising:

creating a child window with a scroll bar;

displaying the child window on a screen;

receiving user input via the scroll bar; and

re-positioning a display window on the screen based on the user input, the child window not being a part of the display window.

14 . The computer-executable method recited in claim 13 , wherein the child window is manually initiated by selecting a toolbar displayed in a taskbar on the screen.

15 . The computer-executable method recited in claim 13 , wherein the child window is automatically initiated when a pre-determined portion of the display window is not viewable on the screen.

16 . The computer-executable method recited in claim 13 , wherein re-positioning the display window comprises moving a portion of the display window to a location that is inaccessible to a cursor.

17 . A computing device configured to manage display windows on a screen, the computing device comprising:

a processing unit;

a screen; and

a memory into which a plurality of instructions are loaded, the plurality of instructions comprising:

a screen manager configured to re-position a display window on the screen in a manner that allows previously hidden portions of the display window to be viewable on the screen;

a re-positioning apparatus this is configured to receive user input and to communicate the user input to the screen manager to guide the re-positioning of the display window, the re-positioning apparatus not being a part of the display window.

18 . The computing device recited in claim 17 , wherein the re-positioning apparatus comprises a scroll bar displayed in a child window on the screen.

19 . The computing device recited in claim 18 , wherein movement of the scroll bar and the display window are in unison.

20 . The computing device recited in claim 17 , wherein the re-positioning apparatus comprises a set of keys on a keypad of the computing device and a left, right, up, and down direction is associated with a respective key in the set.