Patent ID: 9678937
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a table in a user interface, comprising: displaying, by an application executing on a computer, the table in the user interface; receiving, by the application executing on the computer, data related to a position within the user interface selected by a user; determining, by the application executing on the computer, a particular cell of the table corresponding to the position, determining, by the application executing on the computer, a particular location within the cell corresponding to the position; determining, by the application executing on the computer, whether the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell; when the particular location corresponds to the editable portion of the particular cell, positioning, by the application executing on the computer, a cursor at the particular location; and when the particular location does not correspond to the editable portion of the particular cell, preventing, by the application executing on the computer, editing at the particular location.