Method for providing functional context within an actively scrolling view pane
View Patent ↗A method, system and computer-usable medium for using a context aware viewport module to graphically display, and interact with, a viewport. The context aware viewport is implemented in a graphical user interface (GUI) and comprises a spatially context aware informational portion and a viewport portion.
1. A computer-implementable method comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
determining whether the viewport has been scrolled;
presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled; and,
querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate; and wherein,
the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
2. The computer-implementable method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using a position awareness function to provide the context aware information.
3. The computer-implementable method of claim 1 , wherein the querying further comprises:
using a Java Swing JEditorPane to query what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
4. The computer-implementable method of claim 1 , further comprising:
highlighting portions of information within the viewport to distinguish between the different functional areas.
5. The computer-implementable method of claim 4 , wherein the presenting content aware information further comprises:
determining a line number associated with the top most visible line of the document; and,
subtracting one from the line number to provide a new line number of an adjacent line of the document to identify the line adjacent to the top most visible line.
6. The computer-implementable method of claim 1 , wherein the presenting content aware information further comprises:
identifying a top most visible line of a document presented within the viewport; and,
determining whether a line adjacent to the top most visible line contains a header; and,
presenting the header.
7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
computer program product embodying computer program instructions, the computer program product being coupled to the data bus, the computer program instructions being executable by the processor and configured for:
presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
determining whether the viewport has been scrolled; and,
presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled; and,
querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate; and wherein,
the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are further configured for:
using a position awareness function to provide the context aware information.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions for querying are further configured for:
using a Java Swing JEditorPane to query what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are further configured for:
highlighting portions of information within the viewport to distinguish between the different functional areas.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions for presenting content aware information are further configured for:
identifying a top most visible line of a document presented within the viewport; and,
determining whether a line adjacent to the top most visible line contains a header; and,
presenting the header.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for presenting content aware information are further configured for:
determining a line number associated with the top most visible line of the document; and,
subtracting one from the line number to provide a new line number of an adjacent line of the document to identify the line adjacent to the top most visible line.
13. A computer program product embodying computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
determining whether the viewport has been scrolled; and,
presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled; and,
querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate; and wherein,
the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the embodied computer program instructions further comprises computer executable instructions configured for:
using a position awareness function to provide the context aware information.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the embodied computer program instructions for querying further comprises computer executable instructions configured for:
using a Java Swing JEditorPane to query what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the embodied computer program instructions further comprises computer executable instructions configured for:
highlighting portions of information within the viewport to distinguish between the different functional areas.
17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the embodied computer program instructions for presenting content aware information further comprises computer executable instructions configured for:
identifying a top most visible line of a document presented within the viewport; and,
determining whether a line adjacent to the top most visible line contains a header; and,
presenting the header.
18. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the embodied computer program instructions for presenting content aware information further comprises computer executable instructions configured for:
determining a line number associated with the top most visible line of the document; and,
subtracting one from the line number to provide a new line number of an adjacent line of the document to identify the line adjacent to the top most visible line.
19. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location.
20. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.