Tab Navigation Personalization via Drag-and-Drop Reordering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display technologies for database objects lack user flexibility in customizing the display of fields and their order, with no mechanisms allowing users to specify prominent highlighting of displayed fields and their arrangement.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of side tab navigation tools and page views personalization methods that enable users to drag and drop page elements, hide or unhide sub-tabs, and reorder related lists, allowing for customizable display layouts without full page refreshes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pre-selected fields are displayed with administrative user configuration, then system management is simplified, but user flexibility and customization capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display configuration is segmented into multiple independent components: side tabs for navigation, sub-tabs for related lists, and configurable field displays. Each component can be independently customized by users through drag-and-drop operations, allowing flexible reorganization without affecting the entire system structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The display configuration transitions from a static administrative setup to a dynamic user-adjustable interface. Users can实时 reorder fields, show/hide elements, and reorganize tabs during runtime without requiring system administrator intervention or full page refreshes, making the system adaptive to individual user needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed field display order is used, then system stability is maintained, but user ability to specify prominent highlighting and arrangement is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
Different parts of the interface allow different levels of customization. Side tabs and sub-tabs provide structural stability while field-level elements within each tab enable local quality variations through user-specified highlighting and arrangement, allowing prominent display of important fields without disrupting the overall layout structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides default field selections and ordering configured by administrators as a baseline. Users can then perform preliminary customization actions by dragging and dropping fields to reorder them or selecting which fields to highlight prominently before the display is finalized, combining pre-configuration with user adaptation.
3Ease of operation
If users can reorder and customize display elements, then user experience is enhanced, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Drag-and-drop interface elements serve as intermediaries between user intent and system configuration changes. The visual drag-and-drop mechanism provides an intuitive intermediary layer that simplifies the configuration process, making it easier for users to reorder fields and organize tabs without dealing with complex underlying data structures or code modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
Users perform their own display customization without requiring administrator intervention or complex configuration procedures. The system enables self-service configuration through intuitive drag-and-drop operations, allowing users to independently adjust their own display preferences, show/hide elements, and reorganize content according to their needs.
4Productivity
If full page refresh is required for layout changes, then data consistency is maintained, but user productivity and response time are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring continuous full page refreshes, the system implements periodic or on-demand updates only when configuration changes are completed. Users can make multiple drag-and-drop operations and adjustments, then trigger a single update action to apply all changes at once, reducing the frequency of data synchronization operations while maintaining consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial updates by refreshing only the specific portions of the page that have been modified rather than the entire page. When users reorder fields or adjust display configurations, only the affected sections are updated, reducing processing overhead and improving response time while maintaining data consistency for the modified elements.
Data Source
AI summary
In some implementations, a system causes a set of main tabs to be displayed at a first portion of a display. The system is configured to receive a user selection of a selected main tab. In response, the system causes a set of secondary tabs to be displayed at a second portion of the display. The system is configured to receive user input to manipulate the secondary tabs causing a rearrangement of the secondary tabs into a new order and/or causing one or more of the secondary tabs to be hidden. Based on the user input, the system causes the manipulated set of secondary tabs to be displayed and stores information defining the manipulated set of secondary tabs. Upon a subsequent access by the user of a database object associated with the selected main tab, the system causes the manipulated set of secondary tabs to be displayed.