Systems and methods for controlling the presentation of a hierarchical arrangement of items in a window of a graphical user interface

摘要

Systems and methods for controlling the presentation of a hierarchical arrangement of items in a window of a graphical user interface are provided. One embodiment is a method for controlling the presentation of a hierarchical arrangement of items in a window of a graphical user interface. At least one of the items in the hierarchical arrangement has one or more related sub-items. Briefly described, one such method comprises the steps of: determining when a cursor is moved over one of the items; and if the one of the items has one or more related sub-items, displaying a first preview window comprising the one or more related sub-items.