Single click in a partially protected cell of a table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016267069-A1
Application number	US-201514657295-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 13, 2015
Priority date	Mar 13, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Displaying a table in a user interface includes receiving data related to a position within the user interface selected by a user; determining a particular cell of the table corresponding to the position, wherein the particular cell includes an editable portion and a non-editable portion; and determining a particular location within the cell corresponding to the position. A determination is made whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell; and, if so, positioning a cursor at the particular location; or when the particular location does not correspond to the editable portion of the particular cell, preventing editing at the particular location.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method for displaying a table in a user interface, comprising:
receiving, by an application executing on a computer, data related to a position within the user interface selected by a user; determining, by the application executing on the computer, a particular cell of the table corresponding to the position,
wherein the particular cell comprises an editable portion and a non-editable portion;
determining, by the application executing on the computer, a particular location within the cell corresponding to the position; determining, by the application executing on the computer, whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell; when the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell, positioning, by the application executing on the computer, a cursor at the particular location; and when the particular location does not correspond to the editable portion of the particular cell, preventing, by the application executing on the computer, editing at the particular location.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the application executing on the computer, user input; and modifying, by the application executing on the computer, contents of the particular cell at the particular location based on the user input.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the editable portion comprises a plurality of non-contiguous regions within the particular cell.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the particular cell of the table comprises:
determining a particular row of the table, from amongst a plurality of rows, each row comprising a plurality of cells.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the particular cell of the table comprises:
determining, by the application executing on the computer, a size of the table displayed within the user interface; and determining, by the application executing on the computer, a size of each character in the table.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell, comprises:
comparing the particular location with a predetermined list having data which relates to an identification of the non-editable portion of the table.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell, comprises:
comparing the particular location with a predetermined list having data which relates to an identification of the editable portion of the table.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of windows, each window corresponding to a different, respective executing application.

9 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the application executing on the computer, notification of a single mouse click event,
wherein the mouse click event includes the data related to the position within the user interface selected by the user.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
after receiving notification of the single mouse click event, determining, by the application executing on the computer, the particular cell of the table corresponding to the position.

11 . A system for displaying a table in a user interface, comprising:
a computer configured to execute an application comprising a plurality of executable instructions in an accessible memory; the computer when executing instructions stored in the accessible memory:
receives data related to a position within the user interface selected by a user;
determines a particular cell of the table corresponding to the position,
wherein the particular cell comprises an editable portion and a non-editable portion;

determines a particular location within the cell corresponding to the position;
determines whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell;
positions a cursor at the particular location, when the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell; and
prevents editing at the particular location when the particular location does not correspond to the editable portion of the particular cell.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
receives user input; and modifies contents of the particular cell at the particular location based on the user input.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the editable portion comprises a plurality of non-contiguous regions within the particular cell.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
determines a particular row of the table, from amongst a plurality of rows, each row comprising a plurality of cells.

15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
determines a size of the table displayed within the user interface; and determines a size of each character in the table.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
compares the particular location with a predetermined list having data which relates to an identification of the non-editable portion of the table.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
compares the particular location with a predetermined list having data which relates to an identification of the editable portion of the table.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of windows, each window corresponding to a different, respective executing application.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
receives notification of a single mouse click event,
wherein the mouse click event includes the data related to the position within the user interface selected by the user.

20 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the computer when executing the application:
determines the particular cell of the table corresponding to the position, after receiving notification of the single mouse click event.

21 . A computer program product for displaying a table in a user interface, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to receive data related to a position within the user interface selected by a user;
computer readable program code configured to determine a particular cell of the table corresponding to the position,
wherein the particular cell comprises an editable portion and a non-editable portion;

computer readable program code configured to determine a particular location within the cell corresponding to the position;
computer readable program code configured to determine whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell;
computer readable program code configured to position a cursor at the particular location, when the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell; and
computer readable program code configured to prevent editing at the particular location when the particular location does not correspond to the editable portion of the particular cell.

Assignees

• Ca Inc

Inventors

• Parikh Ravish Mukesh
• Navani Richa

Classifications

• G06F40/18 Primary

  of spreadsheets (form-filling G06F40/174) · CPC title

• G06F40/177 Primary

  of tables; using ruled lines · CPC title

• G06F17/245 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/246

  Physics · mapped topic