Hovering table headers

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for displaying header information in a table. One or more cells of a table are selected and their associated header information is determined and replicated. Display attributes are then applied to the replicated header information resulting i...

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Main Authors GROTJOHN, DAVID KIRK, STOKES, MICHAEL T
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 16.04.2009
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for displaying header information in a table. One or more cells of a table are selected and their associated header information is determined and replicated. Display attributes are then applied to the replicated header information resulting in the generation of a table header that overlays adjacent table cells. In one embodiment, the resulting table header is dynamically invoked through a user gesture. In another embodiment, the resulting table header is persistently displayed and comprises a viewing window that displays information contained in the selected table cells. The persistent table header moves with the cursor as it is positioned over other table cells and displays the information they contain. Display attributes such as ghosting are applied to other table cells to generate a visually distinguished table header that facilitates visual correlation between selected table cells and their corresponding header information.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20080129932