Abstract: A method and system for enhancing user efficiency in locating and accessing application and data files represented by selectable graphical objects in a graphical user interface environment. Selectable graphical objects are displayed within a graphical user interface environment, and a relocation criterion is associated with each of the selectable graphical objects. Periodically and automatically the location of the selectable graphical object is evaluated with respect to the relocation criterion and with respect to the current location of the selectable graphical object. In response to each evaluation of the relocation criterion, the selectable graphical objects may be relocated within a desired region for relocation within the graphical user interface environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 1993
Date of Patent:
October 1, 1996
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Joseph S. Coulombe, Susan F. Henshaw, Sarah D. Redpath