NDLI: A new model for handling input

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Myers, Brad A.
Copyright Year	1990
Abstract	Although there has been important progress in models and packages for the $\textit{output}$ of graphics to computer screens, there has been little change in the way that $\textit{input}$ from the mouse, keyboard, and other input devices is handled. New graphics standards are still using a fifteen-year-old model even though it is widely accepted as inadequate, and most modern window managers simply return a stream of low-level, device-dependent input events. This paper presents a new model that handles input devices for highly interactive, direct manipulation, graphical user interfaces, which could be used in future toolkits, window managers, and graphics standards. This model encapsulates interactive behaviors into a few “Interactor” object types. Application programs can then create instances of these Interactor objects which hide the details of the underlying window manager events. In addition, Interactors allow a clean separation between the input handling, the graphics, and the application programs. This model has been extensively used as part of the Garnet system and has proven to be convenient, efficient, and easy to learn.
Starting Page	289
Ending Page	320
Page Count	32
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10468188
e-ISSN	15582868
DOI	10.1145/98188.98204
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	3
Journal	ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1990-07-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Applications Information Systems Business, Management and Accounting

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