Data grid cell styling systems and methods

• US 9,552,347 B1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Terasawa, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): RIES, LAURIE ANNE
• Application Number:
  US13/777,312
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 715/212
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines

Abstract

Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for data grid cell styling. A method can include defining a data structure for a data grid, inserting a data column from a column in the data grid into the data structure, defining a style column in the data structure corresponding to the inserted data column, and associating the data structure to a control for the data grid such that the data structure is bound to the control when the control is rendered, without modifying the control.

Claims

1. A method for modifying data grid cell display properties, said method comprising:

inserting multiple data entries from a column in a data grid into a data column of a data structure that is logically associated with and structurally distinct from the data grid;

defining at least one style column in the data structure to include multiple style column entries that each uniquely corresponds to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style column entries comprises a style object that specifies a display style for a corresponding one of the data entries; and

logically binding each of the style objects with a style control for the column of the data grid and that is rendered in the data grid, wherein said logically binding applies the display styles specified by the style objects to one or more cells within the data grid.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining a style name column within the data structure to include multiple style name entries that each correspond to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style name entries comprises a style name object;

modifying at least one of the style objects by converting the style name entries to at least one of the style objects; and

utilizing the style control to modify an appearance of the data grid based on the modified at least one style object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said defining at least one style column in the data structure comprises:

generating a column containing style objects for an edit mode style; and

generating a column containing style objects for a display mode style.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data column contains display content and the at least one style column comprises a style name column and a style property column.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the style name column includes entries that each specify a style name and wherein the style property column includes entries that each specify a style property value.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising utilizing a converter to generate style property values for each of the style names within the style name column.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising associating style property values within the style property column with display content in the data column.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying a default style for adding rows to the data structure and the data grid; and

using the modified default style when adding a new row without modifying the style control.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

inserting multiple data entries from a column in a data grid into a data column of a data structure that is logically associated with and structurally distinct from the data grid;

defining at least one style column in the data structure to include multiple style column entries that each uniquely corresponds to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style column entries comprises a style object that specifies a display style for a corresponding one of the data entries; and

logically binding each of the style objects with a style control for the column of the data grid and that is rendered in the data grid, wherein said logically binding applies the display styles specified by the style objects to one or more cells within the data grid.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

defining a style name column within the data structure to include multiple style name entries that each correspond to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style name entries comprises a style name object;

modifying at least one of the style objects by converting the style name entries to at least one of the style objects; and

utilizing the style control to modify an appearance of the data grid based on the modified at least one style object.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a column containing style objects for an edit mode style; and

generating a column containing style objects for a display mode style.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the data column contains display content and the at least one style column comprises a style name column and a style property column.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the style name column includes entries that each specify a style name and wherein the style property column includes entries that each specify a style property value.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising utilizing a converter to generate style property values for each of the style names within the style name column.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising associating style property values within the style property column with display content in the data column.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

modifying a default style for adding rows to the data structure and the data grid; and

utilizing the modified default style when adding a new row without modifying the style control.

17. A system for modifying data grid cell display properties, said system comprising:

a processor; and

a machine readable storage medium having program code stored therein that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to,

insert multiple data entries from a column in a data grid into a data column of a data structure that is logically associated with and structurally distinct from the data grid;

define at least one style column in the data structure to include multiple style column entries that each uniquely corresponds to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style column entries comprises a style object that specifies a display style for a corresponding one of the data entries; and

logically bind each of the style objects with a style control for the column of the data grid and that is rendered in the data grid, wherein said logically bind applies the display styles specified by the style objects to one or more cells within the data grid.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the program code further comprises program code that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

define a style name column within the data structure to include multiple style name entries that each correspond to a single one of the data entries, wherein each of the style name entries comprises a style name object;

modify at least one of the style objects by converting the style name entries to at least one of the style objects; and

utilize the style control to modify an appearance of the data grid based on the modified at least one style object.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the program code further comprises program code that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

generate a column containing style objects for an edit mode style; and

generate a column containing style objects for a display mode style.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the data column contains display content and the at least one style column comprises a style name column and a style property column.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the style name column includes entries that each specify a style name and wherein the style property column includes entries that each specify a style property value.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the program code further comprises program code that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to utilize a converter to generate style property values for each of the style names within the style name column.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the program code further comprises program code that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to associate style property values within the style property column with display content in the data column.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the program code further comprises program code that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

modify a default style for adding rows to the data structure and the data grid; and

utilize the modified default style when adding a new row without modifying the style control.