Systems and methods for mimicking an image forming or capture device control panel control element

• Main Authors: ROUHANA JOSEPH G, PERRY THOMAS J, PRETINO JOHN M, RZEPKOWSKI KRISTINN R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.01.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

A graphical user interface widget includes a vertically-oriented slider portion. The slider portion includes a slider pointer that indicates a current value of the slider and a slider bar that indicates the default value of the slider. The bottom and top edges of the slider portion are labeled with the extreme values of the range for the variable associated with the slider portion. The slider pointer divides the slider portion into two subportions. An appearance of a bottom subportion of the slider portion is altered to reflect the value currently indicated by the slider pointer relative to the extreme values of the range represented by the slider. A numerical portion can be provided along with the slider portion. The numeral portion includes a value display portion and a pair of buttons that are used to increase or decrease the numerical value in the value display portion. When the value display portion is provided, the number in the value display portion is linked to the slider pointer, such that changing the slider pointer causes the number displayed in the value display portion to change accordingly. Similarly, changing the number in the value display portion causes a corresponding change in the position of the slider pointer relative to the slider portion.