Inventors:
Faisal M. Awada - Round Rock TX, US
Joe Nathan Brown - Austin TX, US
Philip Bernard Burkes - Round Rock TX, US
Herman Rodriguez - Austin TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
G06F 9/00
G06F 3/00
G11B 27/00
H04N 5/44
H04N 7/173
US Classification:
715767, 715764, 715769, 715770, 715716
Abstract:
A method of enabling a user to manage items such as text, graphics image, audio clips, video clips etc. on a clipboard are provided. The method includes displaying a window having at least one option for managing the items on the clipboard and allowing the user to assert the option to manage the items. In another embodiment, a method is provided to indicate a selected item at a location in a document displayed in a graphical user interface with a scrollbar. The method includes selecting the item, determining whether the item is a file, and displaying, if the item is a file, an icon representing the file in the scrollbar at a location corresponding to the location of the highlighted item.