| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method is described for displaying data items in a panel when the panel has output fields which are insufficiently long to display some of the data items in full. A panel with data in a plurality of output fields is displayed, in one preferred embodiment, the data being displayed in matrix form. If a first data item is displayed in a truncated manner in a first output field insufficiently long to fully display that first data item, then upon selection of the first output field, a first location on the display is determined at which a first floating output field, sufficiently long to display the first data item in full, will not overlap any significant feature of the panel. The first floating output field is then displayed at this location. An indicia is preferably displayed in any output field to indicate that the data item is displayed therein in a truncated manner. If subsequent output fields are selected containing truncated data, their floating output fields are located so that they do not overlap any previous floating output field. If subsequent locations cannot be identified, the previous output fields can be repositioned. Alternatively, a permissible distance between a truncated output field and its floating output field can be increased. <IMAGE></p> |
