USER INTERFACE FOR ADDING AND REMOVING ROWS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRTUAL MACHINES

• US 20150244584A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Vernia, Lior
• Granted Patent: US 10,243,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities

Abstract

A graphical user interface may be provided. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may include a plurality of rows. A first row may include a first entry field and a first visual indicator and a second row may include a second entry field and a second visual indicator. The first entry field may be assigned a first profile. A selection of a second profile for the second entry field may be received and a selection of the second visual indicator may be received. A third row may be added in response to the selection of the second visual indicator after the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a processing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of rows, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receiving a selection of a second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receiving a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows; and

adding a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator after the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field, changing a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the rows corresponds to a virtual hardware resource of a virtual machine.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual hardware resource is a virtual network interface of the virtual machine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, removing the first row.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first entry field and the second entry field is a drop down menu.

8. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled with the memory to;

provide a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of rows, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receive a selection of a second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receive a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows; and

add a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator after the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to:

in response to the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field, changing a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the rows corresponds to a virtual hardware resource of a virtual machine.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the virtual hardware resource is a virtual network interface of the virtual machine.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, remove the first row.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the first entry field and the second entry field is a drop down menu.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including data that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

providing a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of rows, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receiving a selection of a second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receiving a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows; and

adding a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator after the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field, changing a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein each of the rows corresponds to a virtual hardware resource of a virtual machine.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the virtual hardware resource is a virtual network interface of the virtual machine.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, removing the first row.