Abstract: This invention provides a method, system, and apparatus for generating and manipulating the structure of user interface control hierarchies. When a web page is requested from a server by client software an initial control hierarchy configuration is generated. Upon successive requests by the client to the server, the structure of the web control hierarchy generated for the given web page may be altered, as prescribed by the specifications. The nature of those alterations can include the addition or replacement of web control sub-structures. This invention can be utilized to manipulate dynamic control hierarchies generated within a statically-generated hierarchy.

Abstract: This invention provides a method, system, and apparatus for generating and manipulating the structure of user interface control hierarchies, in response to user interaction or other events within the life cycle for a given control hierarchy. Within the context of an operation where a web page is requested from a server by client software operating upon a user's computer with an active interface to the internet, or an intranet, an initial control hierarchy configuration is generated, as established by a developer utilizing this invention. Upon successive requests by the client to the server, the structure of the web control hierarchy generated for the given web page may be altered, as prescribed by the development specifications for the application, and implemented by the developer utilizing this invention.