ACCESSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE DEFINED SLIDER CONTROL

• US 20080201663A1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Etgen, Michael P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,716,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/833
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

An accessible markup language specified slider control. A slider control which has been configured for rendering in a content browser in accordance with the present invention can include a script controlled slider track; a markup language specified text input field; and, coordination and control logic coupled both to the slider track and the text input field to harmonize a position of the slider track and a value specified in the text input field. The markup language specified text input field and the script controlled slider track can be defined in a DHTML document. Moreover, the coordination and control logic further can include a coupling to browser settings for the content browser to selectively enable and disable the slider track based upon the browser settings.

Claims

1. A slider control rendered in a content browser within a computer, the slider control comprising:

a script controlled slider track;

a markup language specified text input field; and

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coordination and control logic coupled both to said slider track and said text input field to harmonize a position of said slider track and a value specified in said text input field, wherein the slider control is configured to;

determine whether said content browser hosting the slider control markup is enabled to process script logic, and

disable said slider track in the slider control upon said content browser not being enabled to process script logic, and wherein

upon the slider track in the slider control being disabled, the text input field being enabled.

2. The slider control of claim 1, wherein said markup language specified text input field and said script controlled slider track are defined in a dynamic hypertext markup language (DHTML) document.

3. The slider control of claim 1, wherein said coordination and control logic further comprises a coupling to browser settings for the content browser to selectively enable and disable said slider track based upon said browser settings.

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