Open Text Corporation

Emc Corporation

Saif Ali Ansari

Sachin Gopaldas Totale

Deepak Michael

Shubha Ravi

Rajakumar Thiruvasagam

Ramkumar Ganesan

Marwan Suliman

A method includes displaying an application page at a client system, the application page including a context menu container object that is not visibly displayed as part of the application page. During the display of the application page, the context menu container object holds a current set of context menu options and is responsive to a prescribed input to display the context menu as having the current set of context menu options. Further, during display of the application page, the context menu container object consumes events, evaluates logic to determine context menu options to display based on the first event, updates the current set of context menu options and displays the context menu as having the current set of context menu options.

Composable context menus

A method includes automatically generating application code to implement a context menu in an application, the application code comprising code for providing a context menu container object as part of an application page when the application page is displayed by a browser, the context menu container object configured not to be visibly displayed as part of the application page, the context menu container object configured to hold a current set of context menu options during display of the application page, consume a first event during display of the application page, and evaluate logic based on the first event to update the current set of context menu options during display of the application page, the context menu container object responsive to a prescribed input to display the context menu as having the current set of context menu options.

Context menu fragment management includes receiving an event to trigger display of a context menu based on user interaction with a page of a web application and generating the context menu for display in a page. Generating the context menu includes executing a context menu fragment expression to output a first context menu fragment identifier from a set of possible context menu fragment identifiers, based on the first context menu fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression, selecting a first context menu fragment from a plurality of context menu fragments, generating a first portion of the context menu using the first context menu fragment and adding the first portion of the context menu to the context menu.

Context menu fragment management

Application development can include adding context menu fragment definitions to a web application design; adding a context menu definition to the web application design, the context menu definition including a context menu fragment expression, the context fragment expression executable to output a first context menu fragment identifier from a set of possible context menu fragment identifiers; and generating a web application from the web application design, the web application comprising instructions executable to generate a first context menu portion based on the context menu definition, generate a second context menu portion based on the context menu fragment definition and present a context menu that includes the first and second context menu portions.

Developer-composed context menus, e.g., composed by a developer in connection with use of a software development tool to create an application, are disclosed. In various embodiments, a definition of a context menu option and an associated action are received. Application code to implement the context menu at runtime, including by performing processing at runtime as defined in the definition to determine one or both of the context menu option and the associated action, is generated programmatically.

Context menu fragment management includes obtaining an event triggering a display of a context menu, and generating a first portion of the context menu. Generating the first portion includes performing an operation in a context menu fragment expression using data from a data source to obtain a context menu fragment identifier, selecting a context menu fragment identified by the context menu fragment identifier, and adding the context menu fragment to the context menu. Context fragment management further includes generating a second portion of the context menu, and presenting the context menu.

Developer-composed custom application session parameters are disclosed. In various embodiments, a definition of a custom application session parameter is received via a software development tool user interface. Application code to store and manage the custom application session parameter, including by making the custom application parameter available across a plurality of application user interface pages, is generated programmatically based at least in part on the definition.

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Namchi, India

Saif Ali Ansari