EDITING USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS

• US 20090259950A1
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Andrew, Farrell, Edward J., Sullivan, Blake
• Granted Patent: US 8,504,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A system that executes a user editable application includes a user interface that includes a plurality of components organized in a tree structure. The system indicates which of the plurality of components may be editable by a user of the application. The system receives editing input from the user for an editable component, and then updates the component based on the editing input.

Claims

1. A computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

generate a user interface that comprises a plurality of components organized in a tree structure;

indicate that at least one component subtree of the plurality of components is editable;

receive editing input for a first component of the editable component subtree; and

update the first component based on the editing input.

2. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the user interface is generated on a client computer that is remote from the processor.

3. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a subtree of a Java Server Page.

4. The computer readable media of claim 3, wherein the plurality of components are JavaServer Faces components.

5. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the editing input is a change of text on the first component.

6. The computer readable media of claim 1, the instructions further causing the processor to indicate at least one the plurality of components is sometimes editable.

7. The computer readable media of claim 1, the instructions further causing the processor to provide a filter that returns whether a component is editable.

8. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the indicate that at least one the plurality of components is editable comprises a cursor.

9. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the indicate at least one of the plurality of components comprises an application of a style.

10. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the style is a shading of an area around the at least one plurality of components.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a gesture that modifies a selection.

11. A method of implementing an application comprising:

generating a user interface that comprises a plurality of components organized in a tree structure;

indicating that at least one component subtree of the plurality of components is editable;

receiving an edit for a first component that is editable; and

updating the first component based on the edit.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the application is executed on a server and the user interface is displayed on a client, and wherein the edit is received from a user at the client.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the edit is a change of text on the first component.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the component is a JavaServer Faces component.

15. A system comprising:

means for generating a user interface that comprises a plurality of components organized in a tree structure;

means for indicating that at least one component subtree of the plurality of components is editable;

means for receiving an edit for a first component that is editable; and

means for updating the first component based on the edit.