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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Dennis D. King, Cary, NC (US);
Scott M. Consolatti, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and computer program products enable automatic tab scanning of graphically represented elements in program applications. Once a developer has designed a user interface for a program application having a tabbing order representing the sequence in which the visual elements in an application will receive focus when the tab key is selected by an end user, the visual elements may be automatically scanned to view, verify and modify the tabbing order of the visual elements, and the attributes and attribute values associated with each visual element. An entire sequence of visual elements, and the attributes and attribute values corresponding to each visual element, may be automatically scanned one at a time without requiring developer selection of the next visual element in the sequence defined by the tabbing order. The automatic tabbing interval which defines the length of time that each visual element receives focus may be modified by the developer to permit additional time for viewing, verifying and modifying the visual element, the location of the visual element within the sequence defined by the tabbing order, and/or the attributes and attribute values associated with the visual element having focus in the work space. As a result of the present invention, a developer can easily view, comprehend and modify the tabbing order of visual elements, and associated attributes and attribute values, for an application being developed by the developer.