Abstract: A widget browser module configured to display data item descriptors is disclosed. The widget browser module is configured to: generate, responsive to a request from an executing application that is causing the display of an application window on a display device, a widget browser window for display over a portion, but not all, of the application window, the widget browser window including a two-panel display window and a status bar display window positioned underneath the two-panel display window; display a plurality of sibling data item descriptors in a first panel of the two-panel display window that are contextually relevant to content in the application window; and display, after selection of a data item descriptor, the selected data item descriptor and sibling data item descriptors in the first panel and child data item descriptors of the selected data item descriptor in a second panel of the two-panel display window.

Abstract: A widget browser module configured to display data item descriptors is disclosed. The widget browser module is configured to: generate, responsive to a request from an executing application that is causing the display of an application window on a display device, a widget browser window for display over a portion, but not all, of the application window, the widget browser window including a two-panel display window and a status bar display window positioned underneath the two-panel display window; display a plurality of sibling data item descriptors in a first panel of the two-panel display window that are contextually relevant to content in the application window; and display, after selection of a data item descriptor, the selected data item descriptor and sibling data item descriptors in the first panel and child data item descriptors of the selected data item descriptor in a second panel of the two-panel display window.

Abstract: A user of an application can affect the control structure of an application by changing a level of detail setting. When a level of detail is altered relative to a graphical region, additional information and functionality may become available, while previously displayed information and/or functionality for a different graphical region may become hidden or otherwise unavailable. A user may repeatedly enhance a level of detail at which a particular application region is shown by repeatedly using an appropriate user input command. The present disclosure does not simply change a user's view of an application, but changes the way the application itself functions in various embodiments when a level of detail is altered for a graphical region. Techniques described herein may apply to a web application, or to any other suitable computer application.

Abstract: A user of an application can affect the control structure of an application by changing a level of detail setting. When a level of detail is altered relative to a graphical region, additional information and functionality may become available, while previously displayed information and/or functionality for a different graphical region may become hidden or otherwise unavailable. A user may repeatedly enhance a level of detail at which a particular application region is shown by repeatedly using an appropriate user input command. The present disclosure does not simply change a user's view of an application, but changes the way the application itself functions in various embodiments when a level of detail is altered for a graphical region. Techniques described herein may apply to a web application, or to any other suitable computer application.