Defining the visual appearance of user-interface controls

Details Defining the visual appearance of user-interface controls Defining the visual appearance of user-interface controls

2008-07-08

2008-07-08

Bautista, X. L. (Department: 2179)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

User interface development

C715S744000, C715S765000, C715S235000, C715S234000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07398472

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for defining at least one visual-display characteristic of at least one user-interface control are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, a dialog template specifies at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control. A transformation module extracts the at least one style selector from the dialog template. A style sheet defines at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector. A style sheet-parsing engine uses the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet. And a user-interface-control-drawing module draws the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved by the style sheet-parsing engine.

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