Scrollbar for zooming on rows and columns of a spreadsheet and interpreting cells

摘要

A user interface control is presented for assisting the computer user in viewing cells with a data table. In particular, a vector viewing control is presented which enables the computer user to view cells within a data table. The vector viewing control comprises a plurality of cell elements, each cell element corresponding to one or more cells in the data table. The cell elements correspond to a vector of cells in the data table that is represented by the vector viewing control. Upon user interaction with the vector viewing control, an expanded view is presented showing the contents of the data cell corresponding to the location of the interaction point on the control. The computer user can move the expanded view up and down the vector to view the contents of the data table.