Abstract
This work presents the FP visual language that specifies the components of a user interface and their relationship. Each component is an instance of an interactor that is a general description of a basic graphical interaction. By a visual language, it is possible to specify in a flexible way the logical structure of a user interface defined as a composition of interacting graphical objects. The graphical tool allows the designer to investigate the correctness of user interfaces and their properties.
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Faconti, G.P., Paternó, F. A visual environment to define composition of interacting graphical objects. The Visual Computer 9, 73–83 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901272
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