ServiceNow, Inc.
User interface elements for controlling menu displays

Abstract:

A system includes a processor configured to perform operations, including receiving a request for a graphical user interface (GUI). The operations also include, in response to the request, generating a representation of the GUI to include navigational components and a fixed panel component, where the navigational components are positioned at predetermined locations within the GUI. A particular navigational component is configured to, in response to selection thereof, cause display of a corresponding plurality of child components arranged according to a corresponding predetermined hierarchy. The fixed panel component is positioned at a further predetermined location within the GUI and configured to, in response to a repositioning of the particular navigational component from its corresponding predetermined location to the fixed panel component, display the corresponding plurality of child components as a hierarchical list based on the corresponding predetermined hierarchy. The operations further include transmitting the representation of the GUI.