Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for implementing an interactive graphical user interface having the ability to graphically depict the relationships between or among multiple portlets. In one aspect, the present invention relates a child sub-portlet to a parent portlet with at least one graphical indicator when the child sub-portlet is surfaced from the parent portlet. Other aspects of the present invention concern in-line tools integrated in the graphical indicators for managing portlet operations. The graphical indicators and inline controls of the present invention allow a user to accurately and precisely control portlets.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for presenting resource information. A plurality of three-dimensional elements in a view is displayed in which each element represents a resource in a network data processing system. Additional information regarding a parameter associated with the element is displayed in response to a user input interacting with an element from the plurality of three-dimensional elements.

Abstract: A data processing system, which includes a processor and a memory, is equipped with a system resource monitor, executable by the processor and stored in the memory, that displays a multi-level tree structure in which each level includes a textual identification for a respective one of multiple features in the data processing system. The features are monitored by the system resource monitor for information regarding the status of the features. This information further indicates a normal status or a notification status. If the information indicates a notification status, the system resource monitor also displays a notification indicia. If the monitored status includes more than one attribute, the placeholder icon and notification indicia are displayed in a window adjacent to the tree structure.