SMART AND FLEXIBLE LAYOUT CONTEXT MANAGER

• US 20130167073A1
• Filed: 02/23/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Ari, Nati, Tkach, Vladimir
• Application Number:
  US13/403,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20130167073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/798
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace. A computer-implemented method includes loading a container widget, rendering, using at least one computer, a layout grid associated with the loaded container widget, and receiving an action associated with the container widget.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace, comprising:

loading a container widget;

rendering, using at least one computer, a layout grid associated with the loaded container widget; and

receiving an action associated with the container widget.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the layout grid is within the container widget.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the layout grid includes at least one row and at least one column and the intersection of the at least one row and the at least one column includes at least one cell.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein a gap space exists between the at least one row boundary and the at least one column boundary.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the granularity of the layout grid is based upon metadata.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising adding a widget to the container widget.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the added widget interacts at least dimensionally with the layout grid.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising removing a widget from the container widget.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising removing unused rows in the layout grid after removing the widget from the container widget.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the removing unused rows comprises:

determining whether there are unused rows in the layout grid;

recalculating new positions of other widgets in the layout grid; and

repositioning the other widgets.

11. A computer-program product for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace, the computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions embodied on tangible, non-transitory media, the instructions operable when executed to:

load a container widget;

render, using at least one computer, a layout grid associated with the loaded container widget; and

receive an action associated with the container widget.

12. The computer-program product of claim 11, wherein the layout grid is within the container widget.

13. The computer-program product of claim 11, wherein the layout grid includes at least one row and at least one column and the intersection of the at least one row and the at least one column includes at least one cell.

14. The computer-program product of claim 13, wherein a gap space exists between the at least one row boundary and the at least one column boundary.

15. The computer-program product of claim 11, wherein the granularity of the layout grid is based upon metadata.

16. The computer-program product of claim 11, further comprising adding a widget to the container widget.

17. The computer-program product of claim 16, wherein the added widget interacts at least dimensionally with the layout grid.

18. The computer-program product of claim 11, further comprising removing a widget from the container widget.

19. The computer-program product of claim 18, further comprising removing unused rows in the layout grid after removing the widget from the container widget.

20. The computer-program product of claim 18, wherein the removing unused rows comprises:

determining whether there are unused rows in the layout grid;

recalculating new positions of other widgets in the layout grid; and

repositioning the other widgets.

21. A system for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace, comprising:

memory operable to store a container widget; and

at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled to the memory and operable to;

load the container widget;

render, using at least one computer, a layout grid associated with the loaded container widget; and

receive an action associated with the container widget.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the layout grid is within the container widget.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the layout grid includes at least one row and at least one column and the intersection of the at least one row and the at least one column includes at least one cell.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein a gap space exists between the at least one row boundary and the at least one column boundary.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the granularity of the layout grid is based upon metadata.

26. The system of claim 21, further comprising adding a widget to the container widget.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the added widget interacts at least dimensionally with the layout grid.

28. The system of claim 21, further comprising removing a widget from the container widget.

29. The system of claim 28, further comprising removing unused rows in the layout grid after removing the widget from the container widget.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the removing unused rows comprises:

determining whether there are unused rows in the layout grid;

recalculating new positions of other widgets in the layout grid; and

repositioning the other widgets.