Secondary selection highlighting of e-mail item listing

摘要

A method for rendering an e-mail item listing within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application on a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input from an input device to select a first item of the e-mail item listing, applying a first selection highlighting to the first item, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail item listing, identifying a second item of the e-mail item listing based on a relation of the second item to the first item, and applying a second selection highlighting to the second item, wherein the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color.

主权项

1. A method for generating, using a computing device, an e-mail message listing for use within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application, the method comprising:
receiving an input from an input device to select a first e-mail message of the e-mail message listing; applying a first selection highlighting to the first e-mail message, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail message listing; identifying a second e-mail message of the e-mail message listing based on a relation of the second e-mail message and the first e-mail message; and applying a second selection highlighting to the second e-mail message, wherein the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color.