| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus is provided for facilitating operator interaction with a data processing system which includes a menu-formatted graphical user interface. The menu-formatted graphical user interface is provided on a display in the data processing system for interaction with the operator, and includes a plurality of menu fields whose identities and display positions are determined by an initial display configuration. Additionally, a menu field palette is provided in the graphical user interface which includes at least one additional possible menu field. Operator input is monitored, and at least one of the following tasks are performed in response to a predetermined operator input: (1) including a particular one of the additional possible menu fields from the menu field palette in the menu-formatted graphical user interface, (2) removing a particular menu field from the menu-formatted graphical user interface, and (3) automatically providing a visual representation in the menu field palette of particular menu fields which have been included or removed from the menu-formatted graphical user interface.
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