摘要 |
A method of simultaneously displaying multiple relationships between entities managed by a software application, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining, in a memory system, a plurality of object descriptors, each object descriptor representing an entity managed by the software application; displaying, in a graphical user interface on a display, at least two arrangement icons that include a relationship to a common object descriptor; and displaying, on the graphical user interface, an object icon representing the common object descriptor, the object icon displayed in relation to the at least two arrangement icons that include the relationship to the common object descriptor in order to convey to a user of the graphical user interface that the at least two relationships represented by the arrangement icons relate to the object icon. |