Applying a GUI display effect formula in a hidden column to a section of data
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for GUI display effect formatting.
1. A system for formatting data for display on a computer display screen, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors;
a computer display screen configured to display data via a graphical user interface (GUI);
a computer readable data storage device coupled to the one or more hardware processors, the computer readable data storage device having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations including:
creating a GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
hiding the formatting column from being displayed by the graphical user interface on the computer display screen;
dynamically computing a GUI display effect using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the computer display screen via the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the computer display screen via the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying on the computer display screen the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise applying the GUI display effect formatting by applying a formula to associated data in a same row of data.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein applying the GUI display effect formatting includes applying a GUI display effect to at least one of an entire row of data, an entire column of data, an entire table, a tab, a browser, and a graphical user interface.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column is determined by scrolling.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving updates to the section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
using a processor, dynamically computing a GUI display effect for the updates to the section of data using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein computing the GUI display effect occurs prior to displaying the section of data.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein computing the GUI display effect occurs at the time of displaying the section of data.
8. A method for formatting data displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
creating a GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
hiding the formatting column from being displayed by the graphical user interface;
using a processor, dynamically computing a GUI display effect using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising applying the GUI display effect formatting by applying a formula to associated data in a same row of data.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein applying the GUI display effect formatting includes applying a GUI display effect to at least one of an entire row of data, an entire column of data, an entire table, a tab, a browser, and a graphical user interface.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column is determined by scrolling.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving updates to the section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
using a processor, dynamically computing a GUI display effect for the updates to the section of data using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein computing the GUI display effect occurs prior to displaying the section of data.
14. A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
creating a GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
hiding the formatting column from being displayed by the graphical user interface on the computer display screen;
dynamically computing a GUI display effect using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the computer display screen via the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the computer display screen via the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying on the computer display screen the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
15. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise applying the GUI display effect formatting by applying a formula to associated data in a same row of data.
16. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein applying the GUI display effect formatting includes applying a GUI display effect to at least one of an entire row of data, an entire column of data, an entire table, a tab, a browser, and a graphical user interface.
17. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column is determined by scrolling.
18. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving updates to the section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
using a processor, dynamically computing a GUI display effect for the updates to the section of data using the GUI display effect formula for a formatting column;
choosing a section of data to be displayed on the graphical user interface;
computing the GUI display effect for the section of data to be displayed on the graphical interface using the hidden formatting column;
applying the computed GUI display effect to the section of data to be displayed;
displaying the section of data with the applied computed GUI display effect.
19. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein computing the GUI display effect occurs prior to displaying the section of data.
20. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein computing the GUI display effect occurs at the time of displaying the section of data.