Graphical user interface including dynamic sizing and spacing
US5347627A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of defining, creating, or editing a graphical user interface panel. According to the method, a user opens a graphical user interface source code file. This source code file contains an entry for the user interface panel and for each object, as an icon, an action bar, or the like, within the panel. The object entries include the size and location of the object. The user edits the source code file in a dynamic sizing, What You See Is What You Get environment. A compiler compiles the graphical user interface source code file to form a graphical user interface object code file. The compiler also updates the size and location object entries of each graphical object, dynamically sizing the size and location object entries.
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