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A computer system has an improved graphical user interface feature. The improved graphical user interface displays a target image representing a retracted slide out command bar containing a set of selectable computer resources. When the user moves a display pointer to a location near the target imag

A computer system has an improved graphical user interface feature. The improved graphical user interface displays a target image representing a retracted slide out command bar containing a set of selectable computer resources. When the user moves a display pointer to a location near the target image, the target image is replaced by the slide out command bar. The slide out command bar remains visible and its computer resources accessible via the mouse-controlled display pointer until the user either clicks the mouse or moves the display pointer outside an extended detection region of the graphical user interface associated with the unretracted slide out command bar.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for controlling a retractable window bar in a graphical user interface for a computer system having a display interface and a user controlled graphical selection device, the user controlled graphical selection device including a user actuated clicking mechanism f

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for controlling a retractable window bar in a graphical user interface for a computer system having a display interface and a user controlled graphical selection device, the user controlled graphical selection device including a user actuated clicking mechanism for selecting from the retractable window bar a computer resource corresponding to a region of the window bar within which a pointing mechanism is positioned, said method comprising:(a) displaying upon the display interface a target image representing the retractable window bar in a retracted state wherein the target image includes a graphic that provides a visual cue of the direction in which the window bar unretracts;(b) defining a target detection region associated with selecting the target image, the target detection region corresponding to a position in the display interface of the target image and having a boundary that extends beyond the periphery of the target image;(c) detecting the positioning of the pointing mechanism within the boundary of the target detection region; and(d) displaying an unretracted window bar image that includes controls for sizing a window, the unretracted window bar image replacing the display of the target image at the position in the display interface, and defining an extended detection region associated with the unretracted window bar image after said detecting the positioning of the pointing mechanism within the target detection region step and without actuating, by a user, the user actuated clicking mechanism, the extended detection region corresponding to the position in the display interface of the unretracted window bar image and having a boundary that extends beyond the periphery of the unretracted window bar image and includes the target detection region, so that the unretracted window bar image will be continuously displayed so long as the pointing mechanism is detected within the boundary of the extended detection region.