Patent ID: 8645829
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: programmatically inspecting two or more objects within a selection window of an application development environment (ADE); identifying a set of properties within said ADE comprising one or more properties applicable to any one of said two or more objects; determining at said ADE a subset of properties comprising at least one property in the set that applies to fewer than all of said two or more objects; providing a first graphic indication to a listing of the at least one property in said subset of properties as displayed in a property inspector of said ADE, the property inspector listing the one or more properties of the set; receiving a selection of the first graphic indication; and providing, within the selection window of said ADE, a second graphic indication to at least one of the two or more objects based at least in part on whether a property associated with the selection of the first graphic indication applies to the at least one of the two or more objects.