Patent ID: 7996780
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for designing a user interface (UI) in a graphical design view, said method comprising: detecting, by a application development environment providing the graphical design view, one or more layout blocks defined on said UI; checking the layout blocks against a list of pre-selected block types; in response to detecting and checking, automatically painting a color over each one of said one or more layout blocks in said graphical design view if a block visualization feature is activated, the color of each block selected so that adjacent areas have different colors, and the colors are not displayed if the block visualization feature is not activated; displaying, in the graphical design view, a plurality of graphical indicators representing a set of box model parameters associated with at least one of the layout blocks, the box model parameters comprising at least one of a padding or margin of the layout block; and providing an option to toggle one or more of the plurality of graphical indicators on or off, wherein toggling the one or more of the plurality of graphical indicators off removes the toggled one or more graphical indicators from the graphical design view, wherein the plurality of graphical indicators each comprise at least one of: a colored region displayed on one or more areas of the layout block, the one or more areas corresponding to a location of the set of box model parameters and the colored region being a different color than the color of the layout block; hatch marks rendered onto the one or more areas of the layout block; or a shaded region drawn onto the one or more areas of the layout block.