Patent ID: 8001480

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving at a faceplate controller information identifying a first faceplate being presented or to be presented to a user, the first faceplate associated with control of a process system and comprising two or more elements; determining at the faceplate controller whether automatic selection of one of the elements in the first faceplate is to be performed by the faceplate controller or by a script associated with the first faceplate, the automatic selection enabling the user to invoke an operation involving the selected element without requiring the user to manually select that element in the first faceplate; if the automatic selection is to be performed by the faceplate controller, outputting an identification of the element in the first faceplate to be automatically selected; and if the automatic selection is to be performed by the script, outputting a trigger to cause the script to identify the element in the first faceplate to be automatically selected.