DocumentCode :
2345417
Title :
Interaction in really graphical user interfaces
Author :
Viehstaedt, G. ; Minas, M.
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fur Programmiersprachen, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
fYear :
1994
fDate :
4-7 Oct 1994
Firstpage :
270
Lastpage :
277
Abstract :
Employing diagrams in the user interface causes problems that do not exist in so-called graphical user interfaces. We are implementing a tool for generating editors for (a certain class of) diagrams from a specification. Diagram editors are needed in really graphical UIs and interactive visual language environments. This paper addresses three aspects of the specification of diagram editors. After highlighting difficulties in user interaction with diagrams event automata are suggested as a model for specification of dialogs. Furthermore, it is discussed how objects selected by the user can automatically be assembled into semantically meaningful groups. These are needed for more complex editing operations. An easy and versatile way of specifying layout for diagram editors by constraints has been introduced (Minas and Viehstaedt, 1993) and is generalized here
Keywords :
diagrams; formal specification; graphical user interfaces; software tools; visual languages; complex editing operations; diagram editors; diagrams; dialog specification; editor generation tool; event automata; graphical user interfaces; interactive visual language environments; semantically meaningful groups; specification; user interaction; Automata; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Layout; Mice; Nonlinear equations; Pressing; Synthesizers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1994. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6660-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1994.363608
Filename :
363608
Link To Document :
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