Graphical insertion of JavaScript pop-up menus
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving input to create a pop-up menu for a selected object in a web page under development in a web page development application, wherein the selected object and the pop-up menu are parts of the web page under development;
responsive to receiving said input, displaying a menu on a computer screen presenting a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein said plurality of user-selectable options allow format attributes for each item of the pop-up menu to be specified, wherein a preview area on the menu displays a preview comprising each item of the pop-up menu displayed according to the format attributes specified; and
monitoring a user-controlled position of said pop-up menu, wherein said user-controlled position is independent of a position of said selected object and is preserved in a resulting web page.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface allows a user to create an image having a pop-up menu which is exportable to a target computer without the creating user being required to know how to program in JAVASCRIPT™. Using menu selection in the application in which the image is running, the creating user may insert a pop-up menu instruction associated with an object and positioned at a desired location within the image. The inserted pop-up menu instruction then causes the creating computer to invoke its own routines that construct an exportable JAVASCRIPT™ file that allows for a pop-up menu associated with the desired object to be displayed on the screen of a target system.
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving input to create a pop-up menu for a selected object in a web page under development in a web page development application, wherein the selected object and the pop-up menu are parts of the web page under development; responsive to receiving said input, displaying a menu on a computer screen presenting a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein said plurality of user-selectable options allow format attributes for each item of the pop-up menu to be specified, wherein a preview area on the menu displays a preview comprising each item of the pop-up menu displayed according to the format attributes specified; and monitoring a user-controlled position of said pop-up menu, wherein said user-controlled position is independent of a position of said selected object and is preserved in a resulting web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving input to create a pop-up menu for a selected object in a web page under development in a web page development application, wherein the selected object and the pop-up menu are parts of the web page under development, wherein the web page development application displays the selected object and the pop-up menu; responsive to receiving said input, displaying a menu on a computer screen presenting a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein said plurality of user-selectable options allow format attributes for each item of the pop-up menu to be specified, wherein a preview area on the menu displays a preview comprising each item of the pop-up menu displayed according to the format attributes specified; and receiving input specifying a position of the pop-up menu displayed in the web page development application, the position of the pop-up menu relative to the selected object defining a positional relationship between the selected object and the pop-up menu, wherein when the web page is displayed, the web page displays the selected object and the pop-up menu, wherein pop-up menu is displayed in the web page based on the positional relationship between the selected object and the pop-up menu defined in the web page development application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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