Abstract: Various aspects can be implemented to generate property editors for configuring visual objects, such as user interfaces and complex graphical objects, and present the property editors with visual indicators linking to the visual object. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving user input to access a property editor associated with at least one feature of a visual object. The method also includes dynamically generating the property editor in response to the user input. The method further includes presenting the visual object and the property editor on a display screen along with a visual indicator linking at least one aspect of the property editor to the at least one feature of the visual object. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

Abstract: A development application can be configured to facilitate editing multiple fragments already associated with an interface design simultaneously using a graphic design application, with the fragments arranged in a logical form supported by the graphic design application. The logical form of the artwork fragments as provided to the graphic design application can correspond to the relationship between different elements of the interface design using the respective fragments. Fragments may correspond to different components, parts of components, and part states, for instance. A method can comprise accessing data defining an interface component and comprising a plurality of logically arranged elements of the component. The method can comprise extracting the artwork and arranging the artwork into a form compatible with a graphic design application. The artwork can be edited in a graphic design application and then re-integrated into the data defining the design elements of the interface after editing is complete.

Abstract: A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor.

Abstract: A software development environment may have a object interaction construction interface for defining sentences that include two or more sentence atoms in an ordered arrangement. The sentence atoms may be one of: a source object, an event, a target object, and an action. The object interaction construction interface may receive user input selecting the sentence atoms in a particular sequence. The object interaction construction interface may configure a menu list of available second sentence atoms according to the type of sentence atom selected as the first sentence atom. Throughout the sequence, the object interaction construction interface will self-configure the next menu list according to the type of atom selected in the previous selection. When the sentence is complete, the software development environment may generate program instructions and/or data structures to implement object interactions defined by the sentence, which may be used to build an application.

Abstract: A system and method creates an output document file that describes the appearance of a source document from a print stream of commands received from an application, and allows the output document file to be printed or displayed via a lightweight application, such as a plug-in to a browser. User interface controls are merged into the document at the time of creation, allowing those controls to be customized to viewer's needs.

Abstract: A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor.