Drag and drop object attribute assignment for objects in a graphical user interface (GUI)

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to object attribution modification and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for drag and drop attributes for objects in a graphical user interface. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for drag and drop object attributes in a GUI can be provided. The method can include presenting draggable object attributes in the GUI, dragging one of the draggable object attributes into a separate target object in the GUI, and applying a value for the draggable object attribute to the separate target object. In one aspect of the embodiment, each of the draggable object attributes in the GUI can be separate and independent from any particular object in the GUI. In another aspect of the embodiment, each of the draggable object attributes in the GUI can be draggable from the particular object to a target object in the GUI.

主权项

1. A method for drag and drop object attributes in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
presenting draggable object display attributes in the GUI, the display attributes defining a way in which a corresponding object to which the attribute is applied is displayed in the GUI; dragging one of the draggable object attributes into a separate target object in the GUI; and, applying a value for the draggable object attribute to the separate target object; wherein applying a value for the draggable object attribute to the separate target object from within the event handler, comprises: responsive to concluding that the draggable object attribute cannot be directly applied to the target object because the target object is of a type that differs from a type of the corresponding object, determining a heuristic mapping to transform the draggable object attribute to a different attribute compatible for the type of the target object for application to the target object and, applying a transformed form of the draggable object attribute to the target object so as to change a way in which the target object is displayed in the GUI.