HIERARCHICALLY ORGANISED CONTROL GALLERIES Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/48 G06F3/481 G06F3/482 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to computer systems having a graphical user interface based on hierarchically organised control galleries. A computer system includes a display device which displays a graphical user interface having hierarchically organised control galleries and having a document area and a control ribbon. The document area contains at least a portion of a document that a user is editing. The control ribbon includes a gallery of class controls, each associated with different classes of related commands, and a variation control gallery containing variation controls in a class associated with a selected one of the class controls. In response to a selection of a variation control in the variation control gallery, the computer system applies a command associated with the variation control to a document in the document area.

EFFECT: enabling quick location of a required control by creating class controls associated with different classes of related commands and comprising variation controls in a class associated with a selected one of the class controls.

15 cl, 6 dwg