USER INTERFACE CONTROL FOR CREATING SPLIT PANES IN A SINGLE WINDOW

摘要

An improved method is disclosed for creating and sizing panes within a windo w of a display screen of a computer system as part of an interactive graphical user interface. Grab handles are positioned in the borders of the panes. When a grab handle of a pane is selected by user interaction, an adjustable rectang ularform is created on the screen which represents a new pane. The existing pane is split in an arbitrary manner. The size of the new pane can be varied so a s to include areas of the screen from other existing panes. The existing panes are then reconfigured so as to be accommodated of the screen along with the newly created pane.