System and method for displaying multiple dialog boxes in a window display

摘要

A system and method for displaying multiple dialog boxes within a window display is described. In a particular embodiment of the invention, a method of creating a dialog box in the environment of a window display using a pointer associated with the pointing device is described. This dialog box can be opened by placing the pointer over the object to be selected and moving the pointer down through the object to be selected. The saved main dialog box associated with the selected object is opened with the operation as described. The main dial box according to the above procedure remains open regardless of whether the pointer is still within the boundaries of the main dialog box. An open dialog box can be closed by placing the pointer below the selected object and moving the pointer up over the selected object.