System and methods for inline property editing in tree view based editors

摘要

A system and method directed to inline property editing for tree view based editors is provided. A user selects a desired node within a tree view and then hover the mouse cursor over the node causing a smart tag anchor to appear. When the use clicks on the smart tag anchor an object property panel appears injected into the tree showing property and attributes for the selected node. The panel appears in direct visual proximity to the node, such as directly below the node while the node appears in its location within the tree with. The tree is expanded such that the property panel does not visually obscure any part of the tree. Multiple panel may be opened simultaneously such that property and attribute information may be visually compared for various nodes.