Allowing in-line edit to data table of linked data of a data store

A database system, comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the processing system and including instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processing system, are operable to:
• download to a user system an application configured to generate a data table from records stored in a data store, wherein the data table includes:
• a plurality of rows, wherein each row corresponds to at least one record of the records;
• and
• each row including a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to a different grouping of data fields of its respective one(s) of the records;
• wherein at least one cell of the data table comprises an editable concatenated cell that includes values of more than one data field of a record of the records;
• wherein each individual cell of the plurality of cells of the data table includes a plurality of user controls, wherein a first user control of the plurality of user controls is arranged to toggle focus from the data table to the respective individual cell, and a second user control of the plurality of user controls is arranged to trigger display of a popover on the data table at the respective individual cell for editing corresponding record(s) of the records;
• receive a communication from the application, the communication corresponding to at least one user input to one of the individual cells;
• determine whether to feedback a value of the at least one user input to the individual cell to a corresponding data field of a corresponding record of the data store;
• and
• update the corresponding record in the data store based on a result of the determination;
• wherein states for each of the individual cells are selectable from a group including:
• active cell with focus in the data table, and
• active cell without focus in the data table, and
• wherein the application is configured to use:
• a first display style for a corresponding individual cell when the corresponding individual cell is in the active state and a user interface of the user system is currently controlling the data table, and
• a second display style that is different than the first display style when the corresponding individual cell is in the active state and the user interface is currently controlling a navigation control that is outside of the data table.

A database system, comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the processing system and including instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processing system, are operable to:
• download to a user system an application configured to generate a data table from records stored in a data store, wherein the data table includes:
• a plurality of rows, wherein each row corresponds to at least one record of the records;
• and
• each row including a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to a different grouping of data fields of its respective one(s) of the records;
• wherein at least one cell of the data table comprises an editable concatenated cell that includes values of more than one data field of a record of the records;
• wherein each individual cell of the plurality of cells of the data table includes a plurality of user controls, wherein a first user control of the plurality of user controls is arranged to toggle focus from the data table to the respective individual cell, and a second user control of the plurality of user controls is arranged to trigger display of a popover on the data table at the respective individual cell for editing corresponding record(s) of the records;
• receive a communication from the application, the communication corresponding to at least one user input to one of the individual cells;
• determine whether to feedback a value of the at least one user input to the individual cell of the data table to a corresponding data field of a corresponding record of the data store;
• and
• update the corresponding record in the data store based on a result of the determination;
• wherein the application is executable by a browser and the data table is a web data table, and wherein states for each of the individual cells are selectable from a group including inactive cell, active cell with focus in the web data table, and active cell without focus in the web data table, wherein the application is configured to use a first display style for a corresponding individual cell when the corresponding individual cell is in the inactive cell state, a second display style that is different than the first display style when the corresponding individual cell is in the active state and a user interface of the user system is currently controlling the web data table, and a third display style that is different than the second display style when the corresponding individual cell is in the active state and the user interface is currently controlling a navigation control or other browser control outside of the web data table.