US Patent 7831918 Content based user interface design

Design of a user interface can be based on content of a data source bound to the user interface. Access can be provided to a data source having fields containing respective items of data. The items can be automatically analyzed to determine which types of user interface elements and/or properties of user interface elements to bind to the fields. Information for binding the fields with the respective determined types of user interface elements and/or the properties can be generated or stored. A user interface design tool can have data field identifiers that identify data fields of a data source. Control-type designators associated with the data fields can allow a user to designate one of a plurality control-types. Property designators associated with one of the control-type designators can be included to allow a user to designate a property of the control-type designated by a corresponding control-type designator.