| 摘要 |
<p>A new means of providing access to an application or data file in an object oriented graphical user interface is disclosed. A set of icons is assigned to each object; each icon representing a different system behavior to be invoked when the object is opened. In a preferred embodiment, the icons resemble a stack of cards. Each card icon in the set has a main pictorial centered on the card, representing the object, and a word or symbol representing a behavior, such as run, edit or send, at a selected corner or border of the card. In the stacked state, the card on top of the stack represents the active or default behavior which will be invoked when the icon is selected by the user. If the default behavior is not desired, a user will unstack the icons to show the faces of the icons associated with the other modes of behavior and then select the desired behavior by selecting the appropriate icon to open the object. The set of icons in the present invention can be referred to as a multicon. <IMAGE></p> |
