POP-UP MENU INTERFACE

摘要

Approaches are disclosed for generating a menu that may be used to provide a set of bounded options for populating associated cells of a table. In certain embodiments, the menu is automatically generated based at least in part on the initial content of one or more cells to be associated with the menu. In certain embodiments, the options listed in the menu may be edited by a user or reformatted based on logic associated with the menu generation process.

主权项

1. A method for automatically generating a pop-up menu, the method comprising:
displaying, on a screen of an electronic device, a table comprising one or more cells, wherein at least one of the one or more cells is populated with a character string; receiving a user selection of the one or more cells; receiving a user instruction to generate a menu comprising allowable entries for the one or more cells; and automatically generating the menu, wherein the menu comprises a list of user-selectable options, wherein one or more options of the list are based on the character strings present in the one or more cells.