US 11,875,110 B2
Seamless addition and removal of form fields
Vladimir Martinov, Bellevue, WA (US); Charles Allen, Indianapolis, IN (US); Keld Bangsberg, Kailua-Kona, HI (US); Alison Meyer, Playa del Rey, CA (US); and Patrick Tewson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/778,565.
Prior Publication US 2021/0240923 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 40/186 (2020.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 40/186 (2020.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G05B 2219/13144 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
rendering, by one or more computing devices, a visual indicator around an existing section of a form in response to receiving a selection of the existing section from a plurality of existing sections of the form, the existing section comprising a plurality of form fields, wherein the visual indicator indicates that the existing section is selected, wherein a first predetermined one or more of the plurality of form fields are rendered with default values, and wherein a second predetermined one or more of the plurality of form fields have a characteristic of not configurable to accept a default value; and
adding, by the one or more computing devices, a pre-generated form field to the existing section of the form in response to selection of a button corresponding to the form field and based on the existing section being selected,
wherein:
the pre-generated form field includes a mapping to a column of a data repository and is configured to receive a particular data type,
the pre-generated form field added to the existing section of the form comprises a first plurality of arrow buttons configured to move the added pre-generated form field among the plurality of form fields within the existing section, and
the first plurality of arrow buttons move with the pre-generated form field within the existing section of the form.