METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A TOOLBAR ON AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD
A method comprises receiving input; and when said input is associated with a command to transpose a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of sub-elements that is positioned on a display surface, transposing at least one of said sub-elements.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving input; and
when said input is associated with a command to transpose a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of sub-elements that is positioned on a display surface, transposing at least one of said sub-elements within said GUI element.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said transposing is carried out in accordance with at least one predefined rule.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein said at least one predefined rule comprises at least one of a sub-element shift rule and a sub-element reorder rule.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein during said transposing a plurality of said sub-elements is transposed
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein said transposing comprises shifting the position of a plurality of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein said transposing comprises shifting the position of all of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
7 . The method of claim 5 wherein said transposing further comprises reverse ordering the shifted sub-elements.
8 . The method of claim 6 wherein said transposing further comprises reverse ordering the shifted sub-elements.
9 . The method of claim 7 wherein said transposing further comprises reversing the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
10 . The method of claim 8 wherein said transposing further comprises reversing the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein said sub-elements are arranged in groups and wherein said transposing comprises transposing at least one of said groups.
12 . The method of claim 11 wherein said transposing comprises shifting the position of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein said transposing further comprises reverse ordering the shifted sub-elements.
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein said transposing further comprises reversing the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
15 . The method of claim 12 wherein said transposing further comprises reverse ordering the sub-elements of a subset of said groups.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein said transposing further comprises reversing the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
17 . The method of claim 1 wherein said input is generated in response to selection of a displayed icon associated with said transpose command.
18 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
detecting the presence and location of a user relative to said display surface; and
generating location data for use as said input.
19 . The method of claim 18 wherein said detecting is based on output generated by at least one proximity sensor associated with said display surface.
20 . The method of claim 18 wherein said detecting is based on images captured by at least one image sensor in the vicinity of said display surface.
21 . The method of claim 18 wherein said detecting further comprises determining the location of user input made on said display surface.
22 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, said instructions being executed by processing structure to cause the processing structure to:
process received input;
determine whether said input is associated with a command to transpose a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of sub-elements on a display coupled to said processor; and when said input is associated with said command is detected, transpose at least one of said sub-elements.
23 . A computer program product including program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising:
program code for presenting a toolbar comprising a plurality of selectable buttons in an ordered state on a graphical user interface;
program code for receiving input; and
program code for arranging and displaying the buttons within the toolbar in another ordered state in response to said input.
24 . An interactive input system comprising:
computing structure; and
a display coupled to said computing structure, said display presenting at least one graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of sub-elements, said computing structure transposing at least one of said sub-elements within said GUI element in response to input received by said computing structure.
25 . The system of claim 24 wherein said computing structure transposes said at least one sub-element in accordance with at least one predefined rule.
26 . The system of claim 25 wherein said at least one predefined rule comprises at least one of a sub-element shift rule and a sub-element reorder rule.
27 . The system of claim 24 wherein said computing structure transposes a plurality of said sub-elements.
28 . The system of claim 27 wherein said computing structure shifts the position of a plurality of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
29 . The system of claim 27 wherein said computing structure shifts the position of all of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
30 . The system of claim 28 wherein said computing structure reverse orders the shifted sub-elements.
31 . The system of claim 29 wherein said computing structure reverse orders the shifted sub-elements.
32 . The system of claim 30 wherein said computing structure reverses the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
33 . The system of claim 31 wherein said computing structure reverses the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
34 . The system of claim 24 wherein said sub-elements are arranged in groups and wherein said computing structure transposes at least one of said groups.
35 . The system of claim 34 wherein said computing structure shifts the position of said sub-elements in a specified direction.
36 . The system of claim 35 wherein said computing structure reverse orders the shifted sub-elements.
37 . The system of claim 36 wherein said computing structure reverses the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
38 . The system of claim 35 wherein said computing structure reverse orders the sub-elements of a subset of said groups.
39 . The system of claim 38 wherein said computing structure reverses the reading direction of text of the shifted sub-elements.
40 . The system of claim 24 wherein said input is generated in response to selection of an icon associated with said transpose command presented on said display.
41 . The system of claim 24 wherein said at least one GUI element is one of a window, screen, dialogue box, menu, toolbar, sidebar, icon, button, box, field, and a list.
42 . An apparatus comprising:
processing structure receiving input data; and
memory storing computer program code, which when executed by the processing structure, causes the apparatus to:
determine whether said input data is associated with a command to change the display order of at least one selectable icon within a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of icons; and
when said input data is associated with said command, transpose said at least one selectable icon.
43 . A method comprising:
receiving input; and
when said input is associated with a command to transpose a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a sub-element on a display, changing at least one of the position and the reading direction of said sub-element within the GUI element.