GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING A CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACE

摘要

Embodiments are directed to generating a customizable user interface, to implementing predefined gadgets within a user interface and to providing hierarchical spaces within a user interface. In one scenario, a computer system receives a first input from the user indicating that a space is to be created within a user interface (UI), where each space is an area that holds gadgets, and where each gadget is a UI control. The computer system creates a space within the UI that provides context for those gadgets that are added to the space, where the context indicates rules or settings that are to be applied to those gadgets that are added to the space. The computer system also receives a second input from the user indicating that a gadget is to be added to the created space. The computer system then adds at least one gadget to the created space.

主权项

1. A computer program product for implementing a method for generating a customizable user interface, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving a first input from a user indicating that a space is to be created within a user interface (UI), each space comprising an area that holds one or more gadgets, each gadget comprising a UI control; creating a space within the UI, the space providing context for those gadgets that are added to the space, the context indicating one or more rules or settings that are to be applied to those gadgets that are added to the space; receiving a second input from the user indicating that at least one gadget is to be added to the created space; and adding at least one gadget to the created space, wherein the one or more context-based rules or settings are applied to the gadgets in the created space.