Method, system and computer program product for preventing inadvertent selection within a graphical user interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSrinivas Cheemalapati, Jimmy Foster, Timothy Schlude, Philip Weinstein
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for preventing inadvertent selection within a graphical user interface by temporarily intercepting any user input from a keyboard or graphical pointer which occurs within a specified short period of time following detection of an initial display of a dialog box. A second dialog box or other request for confirmation is then presented to the user, requesting confirmation of the intercepted user input prior to initiation thereof.
Claims10
A method for preventing inadvertent selection within a graphical user interface in a data processing system, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an initial display of a dialog box within said graphical user interface;
- detecting each user input signal;
- and
- providing a request for user confirmation of each user input signal prior to activation thereof if said user input signal occurs within a specified short period of time following said detection of an initial display of a dialog box such that inadvertent selection of an action within said dialog box is prevented.
A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- a user input device coupled to said processor;
- a display coupled to said processor;
- a graphical user interface depicted within said display;
- means for detecting an initial display of a dialog box within said graphical user interface;
- means for detecting user input signals from said user input device;
- and
- means for providing a request for user confirmation of each user input signal prior to activation thereof if said user input signal occurs within a specified short period of time following said detection of an initial display of a dialog box such that inadvertent selection of an action within said dialog box is prevented.
A computer program product for utilization in a computer system having a graphical user interface, said computer program product comprising:
- computer storage media;
- instructions embedded within said computer storage media for causing a detection of an initial display of a dialog box within said graphical user interface;
- instructions embodied within said computer storage media for causing detection of each user input signal;
- instructions embodied within said computer storage media for causing a request for user confirmation of each user input signal prior to activation thereof if said user input signal occurs within a specified short period of time following said detection of an initial display of a dialog box such that inadvertent selection of an action within said dialog box is prevented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.