Michael B Lindsey

US Patent:

20190384805, Dec 19, 2019

Filed:

Jun 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/007815

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Allen Wayne Lucas - Redwood City CA, US
Jonathan Cho - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Scott Lindsey - Vancouver WA, US
Kevin R. Smyth - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/22
G06F 17/24
G06F 3/0482
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to linking text boxes and features associated with linked text boxes. A user interface feature in a document authoring application program for creating text boxes may include a text box creation graphical menu item presented on a display of an electronic device. In response to receiving user input indicative of a selection of the text box graphical menu item, the application program is configured to cause the electronic device to render a text box that includes a bounding edge in the document on the display. Additionally, the user interface feature includes a selectable visual indicator displayed as an integral part of the text box. The selectable visual indicator is indicative of a thread of text boxes in which the text box is included.