Defining and editing user interface behaviors

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing an authoring platform for building an application having a set of graphical objects, the application for performing a plurality of operations on the set of graphical objects in response to a plurality of user interaction events, the authoring platform comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:

• a first area for displaying the set of graphical objects of the application;
• a second area for displaying one or more behaviors comprising associations of the plurality of user interaction events and the plurality of operations to be performed by the application on at least one of the set of graphical objects, wherein at least one of the plurality of operations comprises altering the presentation of at least one of the set of graphical objects of the application as a function of time;
• a tool for graphically associating the one or more behaviors displayed in the second area with at least one of the set of graphical objects displayed in the first area;
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• a scene preview area that displays the altering of the presentation of at least one of the set of graphical objects.

A computer-implemented method of defining an authoring platform for building an application having a set of graphical objects, the application for performing a plurality of operations on the set of graphical objects in response to a plurality of user interaction events, the authoring platform comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:

• in the GUI,
• a first area for displaying different possible user interaction events, each possible user interaction event for associating with at least one of the set of graphical objects of the application;
• a second area for displaying operations for associating with the different possible user interaction events displayed in the first area;
• a third area for displaying definitions of one or more operations selected in the second area, wherein at least one of the selected operations comprises altering the presentation of at least one of the set of graphical objects of the application as a function of time, wherein the third area is further for editing the altering of the presentation;
• a tool for associating at least one of the set of graphical objects with at least one of the different possible user interaction events in the second area;
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• a scene preview area that displays the altering of the presentation of at least one of the set of graphical objects.

A computer-implemented method of defining an authoring platform for building an interactive application having a plurality of graphical objects, the application for performing a plurality of responses upon receiving an event on a graphical object, the responses and the event associated to form a behavior, the authoring platform comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:

• in the GUI:
• defining a first area for displaying one or more graphical objects of the application;
• defining a second area for displaying behaviors comprising associations of user interaction events and operations to be performed by the application, wherein at least one of the behaviors comprises altering the presentation of at least one of the graphical objects of the application as a function of time;
• defining a tool for graphically associating a behavior displayed in the second area with a graphical object displayed in the first area;
• and
• a scene preview area that displays the altering of the presentation of at least one of the set of graphical objects.