Facilitated source to target object editing functions
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick
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Abstract
A method for editing software objects can include identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application and prompting a user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted. A user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted can be received and the user selection can be duplicated to the target destination.
Claims30
A method for editing software objects comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application;
- prompting a user for a target destination to which said user selection is to be posted;
- receiving a user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted;
- and,
- duplicating said user selection to said target destination.
A method for editing software objects comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application;
- receiving a descriptor specifying a target destination to, which the user selection is to be posted;
- and,
- duplicating said user selection to said target destination indicated by said descriptor.
A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
- identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application;
- prompting the user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted;
- receiving a user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted;
- and,
- duplicating said user selection to said target destination.
A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
- identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application;
- receiving a descriptor specifying a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted;
- and,
- duplicating said user selection to said target destination indicated by said descriptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.