Application of presentation styles to items on a web page

• US 20060212806A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Nair, Shailja S., Griffin, William J., Fink, Nathan James, Perantatos, George, Li, Boxin, White, Christopher Edward
• Application Number:
  US11/083,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20060212806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

Methods and systems provide for application of style properties/settings to one or more web page items, components, links, or other web page content. Use of an edit menu allows for the application of a selected style setting on a per-item basis or on an all-item basis and allows for the provision of a preview of the application of a selected style setting to a selected web page item. Through the use of a web page editing user interface, style settings may be applied to web page items through drag and drop operations and through application via conventional style setting application methods such as highlighting a selected web page item, followed by selection of a desired style setting.

Claims

1. A method for applying style properties to items on a web page;

comprising;

receiving a selection of a given web page item;

providing one or more style properties that may be applied to the selected web page item;

receiving a selection of one of the one or more style properties for application to the selected web page item; and

providing a preview of the selected web page item with application of the selected style property to the selected web page item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying the selected style property to the selected web page item in the web page.

3. The method of claim 2, whereby if the selected web page item is part of a group of web page items having an applied group-level style property, disabling the group-level style property and allowing application of the selected style property to the selected web page item.

4. The method of claim 3, whereby for any other web page item in the group of web page items, maintaining a previously applied style property as applied according to the group-level style property.

5. The method of claim 1, prior to receiving a selection of a given web page item, further comprising:

receiving a web page containing one or more web page items; and

receiving a selection of placing the web page into an edit mode for editing one or more web page items.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing an edit menu entry point for deploying an edit menu for allowing application of one or more style properties to selected page items.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a selection for deploying the edit menu; and

providing the edit menu.

8. The method of claim 7, whereby receiving a selection of one of the one or more style properties for application to the selected web page item includes receiving a selection of one of the one or more style properties for application to the selected web page item from the edit menu.

9. The method of claim 8, whereby providing a preview of the selected web page item with application of the selected style property to the selected web page item includes providing the preview in the edit menu.

10. The method of claim 9, prior to applying the selected style property to the selected web page item, receiving a selection in the edit menu for accepting the application of the selected style property to the selected web page item.

11. The method of claim 10, after applying the selected style property to the selected web page item in the web page, dismissing the edit menu.

12. A method for applying style properties to items on a web page;

comprising;

receiving a selection of a given web page item from a web page;

dragging the selected web page item from a first position on the web page to a second position on the web page; and

if the second position is associated with a previously set style property for web page items located at the second position, applying the previously set style property to the selected web page item if the selected web page item is dropped at the second position.

13. The method of claim 12, prior to dragging the selected web page item from a first position on the web page to a second position on the web page, receiving a selection of placing the web page into an edit mode for editing one or more web page items.

14. The method of claim 12, prior to applying the previously set style property to the selected web page item if the selected web page item is dropped at the second position, determining whether the second position is associated with a previously set style property for web page items located at the second position.

15. The method of claim 12, whereby if the second position is not associated with a previously set style property for web page items located at the second position, maintaining any style properties previously applied to the selected web page item after the selected web page item is dropped at the second position in the web page.

16. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for applying style properties to items on a web page;

comprising;

receiving a selection of a given web page item;

providing one or more style properties that may be applied to the selected web page item;

receiving a selection of one of the one or more style properties for application to the selected web page item;

providing a preview of the selected web page item with application of the selected style property to the selected web page item; and

applying the selected style property to the selected web page item in the web page.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, whereby if the selected web page item is part of a group of web page items having an applied group-level style property, disabling the group-level style property and allowing application of the selected style property to the selected web page item.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, whereby for any other web page item in the group of web page items, maintaining a previously applied style property as applied according to the group-level style property.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, after receiving a selection of a given web page item further comprising:

providing an edit menu;

whereby receiving a selection of one or more portions of the selected web page item for application of a selected style property includes receiving the selection of one or more portions of the selected web page item from the edit menu; and

whereby providing a preview of the selected web page item with application of the selected style property to the selected portion of the selected web page item includes providing the preview in the edit menu.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, prior to applying the selected style property to the selected web page item, receiving a selection in the edit menu for accepting the application of the selected style property to the selected web page item.