USER INTERFACE LOCALIZATION CONFLICT INDICATION
First Claim
1. A method for indicating localization conflicts comprising:
- receiving information associated with a first graphical user interface elementreceiving information associated with a second graphical user interface element;
accessing localization data associated with said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element;
determining if there is a conflict between said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element; and
displaying an indication of the results of said determining of whether there is a conflict between said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element.
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Abstract
A method for indicating localization conflicts. The method includes receiving information about a first graphical user interface element and receiving information about a second graphical user interface element. Localization data associated with the first graphical user interface element and the second graphical user interface element is accessed. A determination is made as to if there is a conflict between the first graphical user interface element and the second graphical user interface element. An indication of the results of the determining of whether there is a conflict between the first graphical user interface element and the second graphical user interface element is displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for indicating localization conflicts comprising:
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receiving information associated with a first graphical user interface element receiving information associated with a second graphical user interface element; accessing localization data associated with said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element; determining if there is a conflict between said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element; and displaying an indication of the results of said determining of whether there is a conflict between said first graphical user interface element and said second graphical user interface element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for facilitating design of a graphical user interface comprising:
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a graphical user interface design module for presenting a graphical user interface for design of a graphical user interface for an application; a graphical user interface element information module for storing information associated with selected graphical user interface elements; a localization module for storing localization information associated with said selected graphical user interface elements; a conflict detection module for detecting localization conflicts between said selected graphical user interface elements; and a graphical user interface conflict indication module for indicating a conflict between selected graphical user interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, a method of indicating usage of screen space, said method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a graphical user interface element to be placed; retrieving placement and alignment data corresponding to said graphical user interface element to be placed; retrieving localization data corresponding to said graphical user interface element to be placed; comparing localization data corresponding to said graphical user interface element with localization data corresponding to already placed graphical user interface elements; and displaying conditions associated with said graphical user element to be placed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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