Patent ID: 8661344

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing an indicator to indicate a detection of an editing action associated with at least one editable element of the user interface, the method comprising: displaying the user interface on a display device, where the user interface: is associated with an executable block diagram model, and includes one or more editable elements; implementing the editing action on the at least one editable element among the one or more editable elements of the user interface, where the editing action: modifies a value of the at least one editable element of the user interface, and alters an execution of the executable block diagram model; displaying, on the displayed user interface, the indicator associated with the editing action, the indicator representing existence of a difference between: the at least one editable element as modified by the editing action and a saved version of the at least one editable element, or the at least one editable element as modified by the editing action and a version of the at least one editable element where the editing action is applied; and removing the indicator from the displayed user interface upon saving the at least one editable element as modified by the editing action or upon applying the editing action to the at least one editable element.