Drag and drop updating of object attribute values
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for drag and drop manipulation of object attribute values. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for drag and drop manipulation of object attribute values is provided. The method includes detecting a drop event for an object in a GUI of an application executing in memory of a computer. The method additionally includes identifying a region of the GUI into which the object is dropped and retrieving a value associated with the identified region, that is additionally associated with an attribute of the object. Finally, the method includes setting the attribute of the object with the retrieved value.
1. A method for drag and drop manipulation of object attribute values, the method comprising:
loading an attribute set for objects of an application;
selecting a particular one of the attributes;
determining a value for the particular one of the attributes for each of the objects of the application;
positioning each one of the objects in a region of a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with a corresponding determined value;
detecting a drop event for an object in the; and,
responding to the drag and drop event by identifying a display region of the GUI into which the object is dropped and a corresponding value for the identified display region; and, invoking a method member of the object to set the attribute of the object with the corresponding value.
2. A computer data processing system configured for drag and drop manipulation of object attribute values, the system comprising:
a host computer system comprising memory and at least one processor;
an application executing in the memory of the host computer system and comprising a plurality of objects;
a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed for the application in the host computer system; and,
a drag and drop module coupled to the application, the module comprising program code enabled to load an attribute set for objects of an application, select a particular one of the attributes, to determine a value for the particular one of the attributes for each of the objects of the application, to position each one of the objects in a region of the GUI associated with a corresponding determined value, to detect a drop event in the GUI for an object amongst the objects, and to respond to the drag and drop event by identifying a display region of the GUI into which the object is dropped and a corresponding value for the identified display region and, to invoke a method member of the object to set the attribute of the object with the corresponding value.
3. A computer program product for drag and drop manipulation of object attribute values, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage memory device storing computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code for loading an attribute set for objects of an application;
computer readable program code for selecting a particular one of the attributes;
computer readable program code for determining a value for the particular one of the attributes for each of the objects of the application;
computer readable program code for positioning each one of the objects in a region of a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with a corresponding determined value;
computer readable program code for detecting a drop event for an object in the; and,
computer readable program code for responding to the drag and drop event by identifying a display region of the GUI into which the object is dropped and a corresponding value for the identified display region and, invoking a method member of the object to set the attribute of the object with the corresponding value.