System, method, and computer program product for toggling back and forth between unformatted and formatted editable views of data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTodd Michael Eischeid, Mark E. Molander
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes outputting several data elements in a raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action; allowing editing of the data elements in the raw view; outputting the data elements in a formatted view in which the data elements are positioned in individual fields; allowing editing of the data elements in the formatted view; and toggling back and forth between the raw view and the formatted view. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also disclosed.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving input of several data elements from a user in a raw view;
- outputting the several data elements in the raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the raw view;
- outputting the data elements in a formatted view in which the data elements are positioned in individual fields;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the formatted view;
- toggling back and forth between the raw view and the formatted view in response to detecting a single user action.
A computer program product for outputting data, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to receive input of several data elements from a user in a raw view;
- computer usable program code configured to output the several data elements in the raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action;
- computer usable program code configured to allow editing of the data elements in the raw view;
- computer usable program code configured to output the data elements in a formatted view in which the data elements are positioned in individual fields based on the format of the data elements;
- computer usable program code configured to allow editing of the data elements in the formatted view;
- computer usable program code configured to toggle between the raw view and the formatted view;
- and
- computer usable program code configured to detect selection of a toggle button for toggling between the raw view and the formatted view, whereupon detecting selection of the toggle button, the format of the data elements is determined.
A method, comprising:
- outputting several data elements in a raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the raw view;
- determining a format of the data elements in the raw view;
- outputting the data elements in a formatted view based on the format of the data elements in which the data elements are output with corresponding labels;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the formatted view;
- and
- toggling between the raw view and the formatted view in response to detecting a single user action.
A method, comprising:
- receiving input of several data elements from a user in a raw view;
- outputting the several data elements in the raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the raw view;
- determining a format of the data elements in the raw view;
- parsing the data elements in the raw view and placing the parsed data elements in individual fields in a formatted view;
- outputting the data elements in the formatted view;
- allowing editing of the data elements in the formatted view;
- outputting a toggle button, wherein selection of the toggle button is detected and whereupon detecting selection of the toggle button a first time, the format of the data elements is determined, the data elements are parsed in the raw view, and the parsed data elements are placed in the fields in the formatted view;
- and
- toggling back and forth between the raw view and the formatted view in response to detecting selection of the toggle button after the first time,
- wherein several of the data elements each include multiple characters selected from alphabetical and numeric characters,
- wherein one of the views is saved as a default view, and
- wherein the raw view and formatted view are toggled in the same graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.