Checkbox mass editing

• US 9,891,802 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2014
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snowflake, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snowflake Computing Inc. (Snowflake, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schulz, Egan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): VAUGHN, GREGORY J
• Application Number:
  US14/444,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026374A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,296 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174

Abstract

Methods and systems for selecting multiple rows, columns, and/or cells are described. A user opens or otherwise accesses a file or document containing multiple rows, columns, and/or cells. The user hover a cursor or pointer over a particular row, column, or cell, or the user touches a particular row, column, or cell on a touchscreen. A single checkbox appears for that particular row, column, or cell. When the user selects that checkbox, unselected checkboxes for the other rows, columns, or cells appear. From there, the user can choose to select all the checkboxes or just some of the checkboxes to perform a mass action on the selected rows, columns, or cells.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory and operable to;

cause to be displayed on a display or a touchscreen a list of a plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof to a user;

responsive to a user hovering a cursor over a row, a column, or a cell in the list on the display or a user touching a row, a column, or a cell in the list on the touchscreen, cause to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a checkbox in the row, the column, or the cell in the list and at least one contextual action button in the row, the column, or the cell; and

responsive to the user selecting the checkbox, cause to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen unselected checkboxes in other rows, columns, or cells in the list and to move the at least one contextual action button to a top level location of the display or the touchscreen, wherein the at least one moved contextual action button is adapted to perform a mass command action that manipulates all rows, columns, or cells in the list comprising selected checkboxes.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to cause to be received a selection of checkboxes for a plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof in the list.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform a command on the selected plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one contextual action button is located on a right side of the row, the column, or the cell.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each row in the plurality of rows, each column in the plurality of columns, or each cell in the plurality of cells, or any combination thereof, indicates an individual user, server, or file.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to cause to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a Select All button, a Deselect All button, or both when the user selects the checkbox.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to cause to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a plurality of contextual action buttons in a header when the user hovers the cursor over or touches the header.

8. A method for selecting multiple rows, columns, and/or cells, comprising:

causing to be displayed on a display or a touchscreen, by one or more servers, a list of a plurality of rows, columns, or cells, or any combination thereof to a user;

causing to be detected, by the one or more servers, that a cursor hovers over or that a user touches a row, a column, or a cell in the list on the display or the touchscreen;

causing to be displayed on a display or a touchscreen, by the one or more servers, a checkbox in the row, column, or cell in the list and at least one contextual action button in the row, the column, or the cell;

responsive to the user selecting the checkbox, causing to be displayed, by the one or more servers, unselected checkboxes in other rows, columns, or cells in the list and to move the at least one contextual action button to a top level location of the display or the touchscreen, wherein the at least one moved contextual action button is adapted to perform a mass command action that manipulates all rows, columns, or cells in the list comprising selected checkboxes; and

causing to be received, by the one or more servers, a selection of the unselected checkboxes for a plurality of rows, columns, or cells in the list.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising causing to be received the selection of the checkbox.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising performing a command on the selected plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the command comprises moving or deleting the selected plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising causing to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a Select All button, a Deselect All button, or both when the user selects the checkbox.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein each row in the plurality of rows, each column in the plurality of columns, each cell in the plurality of cells, or any combination thereof, indicates an individual user, server, or file.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising causing to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a plurality of contextual action buttons in a header when the user hovers the cursor over or touches the header.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

causing to be displayed on a display or a touchscreen a list of a plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof to a user;

responsive to a user hovering a cursor over or the user touching a row, a column, or a cell in the list on the display or the touchscreen, causing to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a checkbox in the row, column, or cell in the list and at least one contextual action button in the row, the column, or the cell; and

responsive to the user selecting the checkbox, causing to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen unselected checkboxes in other rows, columns, or cells in the list and to move the at least one contextual action button to a top level location in the list of the display or the touchscreen, wherein the at least one moved contextual action button is adapted to perform a mass command action that manipulates all rows, columns, or cells in the list comprising selected checkboxes.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises causing to be received a selection of checkboxes for a plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof in the list.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises performing a command on the selected plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the command comprises moving or deleting the selected plurality of rows, columns, cells, or any combination thereof.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein each row in the plurality of rows, each column in the plurality of columns, each cell in the plurality of cells, or any combination thereof, indicates an individual user, server, or file.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises causing to be displayed on the display or the touchscreen a Select All button, a Deselect All button, or both when the user selects the checkbox.