Method and system for focus management in a software application

Abstract

A method for focus management in a software application, wherein at least a subset of Node objects of said software application forms a hierarchy of Node objects and wherein each Node object of said hierarchy of Node objects of said software application comprises: a first routine that when returning true denotes that the Node object is a focused one; and a second routine that when returning true denotes that the Node object is a focused, or at least one of its descendants is a focused; a routine for handling an incoming event; the method comprising the steps of: providing, for each Node object of said hierarchy of Node objects a third routine, that when returning true denotes that the Node object and all descendants of the Node object, excluding these Node objects for which the third routine returns true, forms a single monofocus area having a single focus root.

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