CN114020181A

CN114020181A - Working area switching method and window switching method

Info

Publication number: CN114020181A
Application number: CN202111233660.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨伟彬; 徐勇睿
Original assignee: Uniontech Software Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Uniontech Software Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-22
Filing date: 2021-10-22
Publication date: 2022-02-08

Abstract

The invention discloses a working area switching method and a window switching method, wherein the working area switching method comprises the following steps: after the working areas are created, the working areas can be directly displayed on a task bar of a display interface, and when an event triggering any one of the working areas displayed in the first preset area is monitored, the working areas are switched to the currently triggered working areas. Therefore, the working area switching process is simple and convenient, the use is convenient, the switching efficiency is improved, and the office efficiency and the user experience are improved.

Description

Working area switching method and window switching method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a work area switching method, a window switching method, a computing device, and a storage medium.

Background

Currently, to meet various types of needs, users typically install various types of applications in their computing devices. And in order to improve the convenience of work, a plurality of work areas are often opened, which requires switching between the plurality of work areas. The workspace is a container which can store a plurality of opened application windows, and a plurality of application windows can be opened in one workspace.

An existing work area switching method is as follows: in any application window interface, an interface displaying all the created working areas is entered by performing a specific operation on a screen (for example, in a Windows operating system, by triggering an F8 key and performing a three-finger or four-finger sliding operation on a touch pad), all the opened working areas can be viewed in the interface, and switching between the working areas is realized by selecting the working areas. Another working area switching method is to switch to the target working area by triggering the shortcut key for multiple times on the current display interface. However, the above-mentioned operation of switching the work area is cumbersome, resulting in low work efficiency and poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

To this end, the present invention provides a method of work area switching in an attempt to solve or at least alleviate the above-presented problems.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for switching a work area, including: after the working area is created, displaying the working area in a preset form in a first preset area of a display interface, wherein the first preset area is fixedly displayed in the display interface; and when an event triggering any working area displayed in the first preset area is monitored, switching the working area to the currently triggered working area.

Optionally, the method for switching the working area further includes the steps of: and switching the selected state to the currently clicked working area, wherein the selected state is the identification state of entering the working area.

Optionally, the method for switching the working area further includes the steps of: when an event for creating a working area is monitored, the working area is created; the work area is assigned a unique ID.

Optionally, the method for switching the working area further includes the steps of: when an event for opening an application program is monitored, generating an application program window; associating all the opened application program windows with the working areas where the application program windows are located; and displaying the icon of the application program in the working area where the application program is located.

Optionally, the step of displaying the icon of the application program in the work area where the application program is located includes: and judging whether the working area where the currently opened application program is located has the same icon as the opened application program, and if not, displaying the icon of the currently opened application program in the working area where the currently opened application program is located.

Optionally, the method for switching the working area further includes the steps of: when an event for closing the application program window is monitored, whether the application program window with the same icon as the currently closed application program window exists in the working area associated with the event is judged, and if not, the icon of the currently closed application program window is deleted from the working area associated with the event.

Optionally, the method for switching the working area further includes the steps of: when an event of deleting the working area is monitored, acquiring the ID of the deleted working area; and deleting the working area corresponding to the acquired ID in the first preset area.

Optionally, the first predetermined area is an area where the taskbar is located, and the preset form is a thumbnail form.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a window switching method, including: responding to the operation of triggering any application program icon in the working area, and displaying all opened application program windows in the application program corresponding to the icon in a second preset area, wherein the working area is obtained according to the working area switching method; and responding to the operation of triggering any application program window in the second preset area, and jumping to the currently triggered application program window.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computing device comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to be executed by the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising instructions for performing the method as described above.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a readable storage medium storing program instructions which, when read and executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method as described above.

According to the technical scheme of the invention, the working area switching method is provided, after the working area is created, the working area can be directly displayed on a task bar of a display interface, and when an event triggering any one working area displayed in a first preset area is monitored, the working area is switched to the currently triggered working area. Therefore, the working area switching process is simple and convenient, the use is convenient, the switching efficiency is improved, and the office efficiency and the user experience are improved.

On the basis, the invention also provides a window switching method, when the application program window is switched, corresponding application program icons in the working area displayed on the display interface can be directly triggered, all application program windows opened in the application program can be displayed, and the switching of the windows can be completed by clicking any window, without entering the working area interface first and then selecting the working area to display all windows opened therein and continuing to select the window to complete the switching of the window.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.

Drawings

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings, which are indicative of various ways in which the principles disclosed herein may be practiced, and all aspects and equivalents thereof are intended to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout this disclosure, like reference numerals generally refer to like parts or elements.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of a display interface of a workspace, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a computing device 200, according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram of a method 300 of workspace handoff in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of displaying a workspace in a taskbar of a current display interface in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of displaying a workspace in a taskbar of a current display interface in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 shows a flow diagram of a window switching method 600 according to one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

An application is a computer program that is designed to perform one or more specific tasks. With the rapid development of internet technology and the increasing demand of people, application programs aiming at various demands are developed. To meet various types of needs, users typically install various types of applications in their computing devices. And in order to improve the convenience of work, a plurality of work areas are often opened, which requires switching between the plurality of work areas.

The workspace is a container which can store a plurality of opened application windows, and a plurality of application windows can be opened in one workspace. It is noted here that in the Windows operating system, the workspace is referred to as a desktop, which is a virtual desktop, whereas in the IOS operating system it is generally referred to as a workspace, which are identical in nature and differ only in name.

An existing work area switching method is as follows: in any application window interface, an interface displaying all created work areas is entered by performing a specific operation on a screen, for example, by triggering Ctrl + × and F3 keys in an IOS operating system or performing a four-finger slide-up operation on a touch pad, or by triggering an F8 key in a Windows operating system and performing a three-finger or four-finger slide-up operation on a touch pad, as shown in fig. 1, all open work areas, namely, a work area 1-1 and a work area 1-2, are included in the interface, all application Windows open in the work areas are displayed in the work areas, and switching between the work areas is realized by selecting the work areas, where fig. 1 is a scene of selecting the work area 1-1, and all open Windows (different window numbers, namely, different Windows) in the work area 1-1 are displayed at this time. Another working area switching method is to switch to the target working area by triggering the shortcut key for multiple times on the current display interface. However, since a specific operation is required to enter the working area interface, the switching of the working area is performed on the basis, or the shortcut key needs to be triggered many times to switch to the target working area, which results in low working efficiency and poor user experience.

In addition, in any application program window interface, a user cannot directly view all the working areas, and the method is inconvenient for the user. When the user needs to switch the application program window, the user needs to execute the specific operation to enter the working area interface, and continue to select the application program window on the working area interface, or switch the working area by triggering the shortcut key for many times, and check the opened windows of each working area so as to select the target window, so that the switching of the application program window can be realized, and the efficiency of window switching is low.

In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides a workspace switching method, which is executed in the computing device 200, and the computing device 200 may be implemented as a server, such as an application server, a Web server, etc.; but may also be implemented as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a processor chip, a tablet computer, etc., but is not limited thereto. FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a computing device 200, according to one embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in a basic configuration 202, a computing device 200 typically includes a system memory 206 and one or more processors 204. A memory bus 208 may be used for communication between the processor 204 and the system memory 206.

Depending on the desired configuration, the processor 204 may be any type of processing, including but not limited to: a microprocessor (μ P), a microcontroller (μ C), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), or any combination thereof. The processor 204 may include one or more levels of cache, such as a level one cache 210 and a level two cache 212, a processor core 214, and registers 216. Example processor cores 214 may include Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs), Floating Point Units (FPUs), digital signal processing cores (DSP cores), or any combination thereof. The example memory controller 218 may be used with the processor 204, or in some implementations the memory controller 218 may be an internal part of the processor 204.

Depending on the desired configuration, system memory 206 may be any type of memory, including but not limited to: volatile memory (such as RAM), non-volatile memory (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.), or any combination thereof. System memory 206 may include an operating system 220, one or more applications 222, and program data 224. In some implementations, the application 222 can be arranged to operate with program data 224 on an operating system.

Computing device 200 also includes storage device 232, storage device 232 including removable storage 236 and non-removable storage 238, each of removable storage 236 and non-removable storage 238 being connected to storage interface bus 234. In the present invention, the data related to each event occurring during the execution of the program and the time information indicating the occurrence of each event may be stored in the storage device 232, and the operating system 220 is adapted to manage the storage device 232. The storage device 232 may be a magnetic disk.

Computing device 200 may also include an interface bus 240 that facilitates communication from various interface devices (e.g., output devices 242, peripheral interfaces 244, and communication devices 246) to the basic configuration 202 via the bus/interface controller 230. The exemplary output device 242 includes an image processing unit 248 and an audio processing unit 250. They may be configured to facilitate communication with various external devices, such as a display or speakers, via one or more a/V ports 252. Example peripheral interfaces 244 can include a serial interface controller 254 and a parallel interface controller 256, which can be configured to facilitate communications with external devices such as input devices (e.g., keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input device, touch input device) or other peripherals (e.g., printer, scanner, etc.) via one or more I/O ports 258. An example communication device 246 may include a network controller 260, which may be arranged to facilitate communications with one or more other computing devices 262 over a network communication link via one or more communication ports 264.

A network communication link may be one example of a communication medium. Communication media may typically be embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, and may include any information delivery media, such as carrier waves or other transport mechanisms, in a modulated data signal. A "modulated data signal" may be a signal that has one or more of its data set or its changes made in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of non-limiting example, communication media may include wired media such as a wired network or private-wired network, and various wireless media such as acoustic, Radio Frequency (RF), microwave, Infrared (IR), or other wireless media. The term computer readable media as used herein may include both storage media and communication media.

Computing device 200 may be implemented as a server, such as a file server, a database server, an application server, a WEB server, etc., or as part of a small-form factor portable (or mobile) electronic device, such as a cellular telephone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a personal media player device, a wireless WEB-browsing device, a personal headset device, an application-specific device, or a hybrid device that include any of the above functions. Computing device 200 may also be implemented as a personal computer including both desktop and notebook computer configurations. In some embodiments, computing device 100 is configured to perform a workspace switching method 300 and a window switching method 600 in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram of a method 300 of operating region switching according to one embodiment of the invention. The method 300 is suitable for execution in a computing device 200 (such as the computing device shown in fig. 2), and the workspace switching method 300 includes steps S310 through S330.

In the current display interface, when an event of creating a workspace is monitored, step S310 is executed to create a workspace, specifically, create a workspace, and assign a unique ID (i.e., assign a unique identifier) to the workspace, where the window manager obtains workspace information, where the workspace information includes a workspace ID, a number of workspaces, and the like.

The event for creating the workspace can be generated when the current display interface triggers the creation of the workspace interface for the user. The creation of the working area is the prior art, and details are not described here, and methods for creating the working area in the prior art are all within the protection scope of the present invention. The working area ID is unique, plays a role in distinguishing each working area, and can be set according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited by the present invention. For example, the workspace ID may be a random combination of letters and numbers.

After creating one or more work areas, step S320 is executed to display the work areas in a preset form in a first predetermined area of the display interface, and specifically, add the work areas in the preset form in the first predetermined area based on the work area information.

In an embodiment, the preset form may be set according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited in the present invention. For example, the preset form is a thumbnail form, that is, all the created work areas are displayed in a thumbnail form in a first predetermined area of the display interface.

The following is an example of critical code for displaying a workspace in a first predetermined area of a display interface:

in an embodiment, the first predetermined area is an area that is always fixedly displayed on the display interface, and the display position may be set according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited in the present invention. For example, the first predetermined area may be a task bar of a Windows operating system or a dock bar of an IOS operating system, and an interface diagram of displaying the working area 4-2 in a thumbnail form on the right side of the task bar 4-1 (i.e., the first predetermined area is located on the lower side of the display interface) of the Windows operating system display interface is shown in fig. 4.

In one embodiment, when an event that the application program is opened in any working area is monitored, the icon of the application program is displayed in the working area where the application program is located. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

when an event for opening the application program is monitored, an application program window is generated, information of all the opened application program windows is associated with the ID of the working area where the application program windows are located, and the icon of the currently opened application program is obtained. Judging whether an icon identical to the opened application program exists in a working area where the currently opened application program is located, if not, displaying the icon of the currently opened application program in the working area where the currently opened application program is located, and if so, not displaying the icon of the currently opened application program in the working area where the currently opened application program is located.

That is, icons of all the applications opened therein are displayed in any one of the work areas, and it should be noted that even if a plurality of windows of one application are opened, only one icon of the application corresponding to the plurality of windows is displayed in the work area.

And generating each piece of application program window information, wherein the generated application program window information comprises an icon, a window title and a window thumbnail of an application program. The window is a last opened window of the currently opened application program, or may be all opened windows corresponding to the opened application programs. For example, for a browser application, the corresponding window is the last window opened, and for a file management system and a Word application, the corresponding window is all the windows opened. The window thumbnail is a picture of a window opened last time and subjected to compression resolution and quality, or pictures of all opened windows and subjected to compression resolution and quality, and the size of the window thumbnail is reduced compared with that of an original picture so as to achieve the purpose of rapidly browsing the window pictures.

It should be noted that, in order to more intuitively view all the applications opened in the working area, the number of application icons displayed in the working area may be set according to an actual application scenario, and a specific numerical value is not limited in the present invention, for example, 4 or 9 application icons may be displayed in one working area. When the number of the application program icons displayed in the working area exceeds the set value, only the icons with the set value can be displayed, the rest icons can not be displayed, and the triggering condition is that the mouse cursor is positioned in the area of the working area, namely, when the mouse cursor is positioned in the area of the working area, the application program icons displayed in the working area can be automatically switched to the rest application program icons, so that a user can conveniently view all the application programs opened in the working area.

The following is an example of critical code that displays an application's icon in the workspace where it is located:

/**

*@return List of clients currently managed by Workspace

**/

const ClientList&clientList()const{

return clients；

}

/**

*@returns Total number of desktops currently in existence.

*@see setCount

*@see countChanged

*/

uint count()const；

/**

*@returns the number of rows the layout has.

*@see setRows

*@see rowsChanged

*/

uint rows()const；

/**

*@returns The ID of the current desktop.

*@see setCurrent

*@see currentChanged

*/

uint current()const；

/**

*@returns The current desktop

*@see setCurrent

*@see currentChanged

**/

VirtualDesktop*currentDesktop()const；

/**

*Moves to the desktop through the algorithm described by Direction.

*@param wrap If@c true wraps around to the other side of the layout

*@see setCurrent

**/

template<typename Direction>

void moveTo(bool wrap＝false)；

/**

*@returns The name of the@p desktop

**/

QString name(uint desktop)const；

in one embodiment, when an event of closing an application program window is monitored, whether the application program window with the same icon as that of the currently closed application program window exists in a working area associated with the event is judged, if not, the application program does not open any window at the moment, which is equivalent to that the application program is in a closed state, and at the moment, the icon of the currently closed application program window is deleted from the working area associated with the application program window. If so, it is indicated that there is an open window in the application program at this time, which is equivalent to that the application program is in an open state, and at this time, the icon of the currently closed application program window is not deleted from the work area associated with the currently closed application program window, that is, the icon of the currently closed application program window is continuously displayed in the work area associated with the currently closed application program window.

After the created work area and the icons of the opened applications are displayed in the work area in the first predetermined area, when an event triggering any work area displayed in the first predetermined area is monitored, for example, when a user clicks any work area displayed in the first predetermined area through a mouse, step S330 is executed, the work area is switched to the currently triggered work area, at this time, the display interface enters the clicked work area, and the icons of all applications opened in the work area are displayed in the first predetermined area.

In order to view the switching of the working areas more intuitively, a switching mode of the working areas can be set, and the switching mode of the working areas can be configured according to the actual application scene, which is not limited by the invention. For example, the work area switching manner may be a sliding manner, that is, switching from the original work area to the currently triggered work area in a sliding manner.

In one embodiment, in order to facilitate a user to determine a current working area more intuitively, after the working areas are switched, a selected state is added to the current working area, and the selected state is a state for identifying the current working area, so that the user can directly determine the current working area on a current display interface. The specific display mode of the selected state can be set according to the actual application scene, which is not limited by the present invention, for example, the current working area can be identified in the taskbar through the square frame, and the preset color is filled in the working area of the ID of the square frame, at this time, the selected state is added to the working area, and the selected state is as shown in fig. 5. At the moment, the current working area can be more intuitively checked on the display interface, and the user experience is improved.

In one embodiment, when an event of deleting the working area is monitored, the ID of the deleted working area is acquired, and the working area corresponding to the acquired ID in the first predetermined area is deleted.

As can be seen from the above, the workspace switching method provided by the invention can directly display the workspace on the taskbar of the display interface after the workspace is created, and switch the workspace to the currently triggered workspace when an event triggering any workspace displayed in the first predetermined area is monitored. Therefore, the working area displayed in the taskbar can be switched by directly selecting the working area, the switching operation is not required to be carried out after the working area interface is entered through specific operation, and the shortcut key is not required to be triggered for switching the working area for multiple times.

Fig. 6 shows a flow diagram of a window switching method 600 according to one embodiment of the invention. The method 600 is suitable for execution in a computing device 200 (such as the computing device shown in fig. 2), the window switching method 600 is implemented on the basis of the working area switching method 300, and the method 600 includes steps S610 to S620.

When an event that any application icon in the working area is double-clicked (the working area is the working area created according to the working area switching method 300 and displayed in the first predetermined area) is monitored, step S610 is executed to display all application windows opened in the application corresponding to the icon.

Specifically, according to the application window information, all application windows opened in the application corresponding to the currently triggered icon are displayed in the second predetermined area. The display mode may be set according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited in the present invention, and specifically, the display mode may be list display, and further, may be single-column display or multi-column display. The second preset area is a part or all of the area except the first preset area in the display interface.

At this time, if any application program window is triggered, step S620 is executed, and the current clicked application program window is skipped, thereby implementing fast switching of the application program windows.

Therefore, when the application program windows are switched, the corresponding application program icons in the working area displayed on the display interface can be directly triggered, all the application program windows opened in the application programs can be displayed, the windows can be switched by clicking any window, the working area is selected to display all the windows opened in the working area after the working area interface is entered, and the windows are continuously selected to complete the switching of the windows.

It should be noted that, each time the user creates a workspace and switches the workspace, steps S310 to S330 are performed. On this basis, when the user switches the window, steps S610 to S620 are all executed.

The various techniques described herein may be implemented in connection with hardware or software or, alternatively, with a combination of both. Thus, the methods and apparatus of the present invention, or certain aspects or portions thereof, may take the form of program code (i.e., instructions) embodied in tangible media, such as removable hard drives, U.S. disks, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, or any other machine-readable storage medium, wherein, when the program is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention.

In the case of program code execution on programmable computers, the computing device will generally include a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device. Wherein the memory is configured to store program code; the processor is configured to execute the workspace switching method and the window switching method of the present invention in accordance with instructions in the program code stored in the memory.

By way of example, and not limitation, readable media may comprise readable storage media and communication media. Readable storage media store information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. Combinations of any of the above are also included within the scope of readable media.

In the description provided herein, algorithms and displays are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may also be used with examples of this invention. The required structure for constructing such a system will be apparent from the description above. Moreover, the present invention is not directed to any particular programming language. It is appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the present invention as described herein, and any descriptions of specific languages are provided above to disclose the best mode of the invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting an intention that: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules or units or components of the devices in the examples disclosed herein may be arranged in a device as described in this embodiment or alternatively may be located in one or more devices different from the devices in this example. The modules in the foregoing examples may be combined into one module or may be further divided into multiple sub-modules.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device in an embodiment may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

Furthermore, some of the described embodiments are described herein as a method or combination of method elements that can be performed by a processor of a computer system or by other means of performing the described functions. A processor having the necessary instructions for carrying out the method or method elements thus forms a means for carrying out the method or method elements. Further, the elements of the apparatus embodiments described herein are examples of the following apparatus: the apparatus is used to implement the functions performed by the elements for the purpose of carrying out the invention.

As used herein, unless otherwise specified the use of the ordinal adjectives "first", "second", "third", etc., to describe a common object, merely indicate that different instances of like objects are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.

While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having benefit of this description, will appreciate that other embodiments can be devised which do not depart from the scope of the invention as described herein. Furthermore, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. Accordingly, many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. The present invention has been disclosed in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for switching a working area comprises the following steps:

after a working area is created, displaying the working area in a preset form in a first preset area of a display interface, wherein the first preset area is fixedly displayed in the display interface;

and when an event triggering any one of the working areas displayed in the first preset area is monitored, switching the working area to the currently triggered working area.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

and switching the selected state to the currently clicked working area, wherein the selected state is the state of identifying the current working area.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of:

when an event for creating a working area is monitored, creating the working area;

assigning a unique ID to the work area.

4. The method of any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising the step of:

when an event for opening an application program is monitored, generating an application program window;

associating all the opened application program windows with the working areas where the application program windows are located;

and displaying the icon of the application program in the working area where the application program is located.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of displaying the icon of the application in the workspace in which the application is located comprises:

and judging whether the working area where the currently opened application program is located has the same icon as the opened application program, and if not, displaying the icon of the currently opened application program in the working area where the currently opened application program is located.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

and when the event of closing the application program window is monitored, judging whether the application program window with the same icon as the currently closed application program window exists in the working area associated with the application program window, and if not, deleting the icon of the currently closed application program window from the working area associated with the application program window.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

when an event of deleting the working area is monitored, acquiring the ID of the deleted working area;

deleting the working area corresponding to the acquired ID in the first preset area.

8. A window switching method comprises the following steps:

responding to an operation of triggering any application program icon in a working area, and displaying all application program windows opened in the application program corresponding to the icon in a second preset area, wherein the working area is obtained by the working area switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 7;

and responding to the operation of triggering any application program window in the second preset area, and jumping to the currently triggered application program window.

9. A computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to be adapted to be executed by the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising instructions for performing the method of any of claims 1 to 7 and instructions for performing the method of claim 8.

10. A readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when read and executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 7 and the method of claim 8.