CN117991937A

CN117991937A - Multi-window management method, graphical interface and related device

Info

Publication number: CN117991937A
Application number: CN202211349285.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛艳艳; 杨雪霏
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-31
Filing date: 2022-10-31
Publication date: 2024-05-07

Abstract

The application discloses a multi-window management method, a graphical interface and a related device, wherein in the method, an electronic device can combine a plurality of windows of different applications into a combined window according to user operation, the combined window can be used for displaying the display content of one of the application windows before the combination, wherein the combined window comprises an identifier for indicating the application windows, and the electronic device can display the display content of the application window indicated by the identifier in the combined window according to the selection operation of the user on the different identifiers. It can be seen that the number of windows displayed by the electronic device at one time can be reduced by combining the plurality of application windows into one combined window, so that the display content of the electronic device is more concise and clear.

Description

Multi-window management method, graphical interface and related device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of terminals and communications technologies, and in particular, to a multi-window management method, a graphical interface, and related devices.

Background

With the continuous development of computer technology, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and the like can realize more and more functions. Users often need to open windows of multiple different applications at the same time or switch windows of multiple different applications back and forth to achieve the goal of using multiple functions at the same time. However, when multiple application windows are opened at the same time, the user interface is disordered, the user cannot quickly focus on the content to be checked, and when different application windows are switched, different application windows need to be repeatedly opened and closed, so that the user has complicated operation. It can be seen that both of the above two methods cannot well meet the requirements of users when viewing windows of a plurality of applications.

Therefore, how to manage windows of multiple applications, so as to better meet the needs of users, is a current urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a multi-window management method, a graphical interface and a related device, which realize that windows of a plurality of applications are combined into a combined window, reduce the number of windows displayed on a desktop, and enable the display content of the desktop to be tidier.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for managing multiple windows, where an electronic device may display a window of multiple applications, for example, the method includes a first window and a second window, where the first window displays a first content of the first application, the second window displays a second content of the second application, where the first application and the second application are different applications, the electronic device may detect a combined operation, for example, a first operation, applied to the first window and the second window, and combine the first window and the second window into one combined window, for example, a first combined window, where the first window displays a first identifier, a second identifier, and a first area, where the first identifier corresponds to the first content, the second identifier corresponds to the second content, where the first area displays the first content, and where the electronic device may detect a selection operation applied to the first identifier or the second identifier, and where the content corresponding to the selected identifier is displayed, for example, the electronic device may detect a selection operation applied to the second identifier, and display the first content updated in the first area.

By implementing the method provided by the first aspect, a plurality of application windows can be combined into one combined window based on user operation, the number of windows displayed by the electronic equipment at one time is reduced, the display content of the electronic equipment is more neat and clear, the user can flexibly and rapidly switch the display content corresponding to different applications by acting on different identifications in the combined window, the user is helped to rapidly find out target content, the user can only focus and view the content of one window at one time, the working efficiency of the user is improved, and the experience of the user is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in one implementation manner, when the first area displays the first content, the first identifier is selected, and when the electronic device updates the first content in the first area to the second content, the second identifier is selected.

That is, the user can determine the correspondence between the content displayed in the current first combination window and the application window by looking at the selected state of the identifier.

With reference to the first aspect, in one implementation, the first operation includes a selection operation of the first window and the second window; or the first operation includes an operation of dragging the first window toward the second window.

That is, the user can achieve selection of windows to be combined by dragging the window or selecting the window, or the like.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner, in response to the first operation, the method further includes: and the electronic equipment displays a third icon on the taskbar or the desktop, wherein the third icon corresponds to the first combined window.

In addition to combining the windows after receiving the combination operation, the electronic device may display an icon of the combined window on the taskbar or the desktop, so that the user can quickly view or hide the combined window.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another multi-window management method, in which an electronic device may display icons of a plurality of applications, for example, a first icon of a first application and a second icon of a second application; the electronic device may detect a combined operation, such as a second operation, acting on the first icon and the second icon; responding to a second operation, the electronic equipment can open the first application and the second application, and combine windows displayed when the first application and the second application are opened to obtain a combined window, such as a first combined window; the first combination window displays a first identifier, a second identifier and a first area, the first identifier corresponds to first content, the second identifier corresponds to second content, the first area displays the first content, the electronic equipment can detect a selection operation acting on the first identifier or the second identifier, the first area displays the content corresponding to the selected identifier, for example, the electronic equipment can detect a selection operation acting on the second identifier, and the first content displayed in the first area is updated to the second content.

By implementing the method provided by the second aspect, the windows of the plurality of applications can be combined to generate one combined window based on the combined operation of the user on the plurality of application icons while the applications are opened, so that the trouble that the user sequentially opens the plurality of applications can be reduced, and the plurality of windows of the plurality of applications are prevented from being displayed by the electronic equipment at intervals while the plurality of applications are opened at one time.

With reference to the second aspect, in one embodiment, the second operation includes a selection operation of the first icon and the second icon; or the second operation includes an operation of dragging the first icon toward the second icon.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another multi-window management method, where an electronic device may display preview images of a plurality of windows, for example, a first preview image of a first window and a second preview image of a second window, where the first window displays first content of a first application and the second window displays second content of a second application. The electronic device may detect a combination operation, such as a first operation, acting on the first preview and the second preview, and combine the first window and the second window into one combination window, such as a first combination window, where a first identifier, a second identifier, and a first area are displayed, the first identifier corresponds to the first content, the second identifier corresponds to the second content, the first area displays the first content, the electronic device may detect a selection operation acting on the first identifier or the second identifier, and the first area displays the content corresponding to the selected identifier, e.g., the electronic device may detect a selection operation acting on the second identifier, and update the first content displayed in the first area to the second content.

By implementing the method provided by the third aspect, the multiple application windows can be combined into one combined window based on the combination operation of the user on the preview images of the multiple windows, so that the user can select the application windows to be combined according to the font on the premise of knowing the display content in the application windows, and the combination of the application windows is completed.

With reference to the third aspect, in one embodiment, the third operation includes: dragging the first preview image to the second preview image; or the third operation comprises: and dragging the first preview image and the second preview image to the second area.

With reference to the third aspect, in one implementation, before the electronic device displays the first preview of the first window and the second preview of the second window, the method further includes: the electronic device detecting a fourth operation; the electronic device displays a first preview image of a first window and a second preview image of a second window, and specifically includes: the electronic device displays a multi-tasking interface, the multi-tasking interface displaying a first preview and a second preview.

That is, the user may implement a combination of multiple application windows on the multitasking interface, providing more alternative ways for combining application windows.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another multi-window management method, where when an application is opened, an electronic device may display an option, such as a recommendation icon, of a combined window recommended by the electronic device for the application, and a user may update the window of the application to the combined window recommended by the user through the option.

By implementing the method provided in the fourth aspect, when the electronic device opens an application window, the window which can be combined with the application window can be automatically recommended, so that the trouble of selecting the application window which needs to be combined by a user is reduced, the user can more conveniently check other windows associated with the window which is opened by the current user, the office efficiency of the user is improved, and more intelligent window combination experience is provided for the user.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in one embodiment, the recommendation icon is located in the first window, or the recommendation icon is located within a first range of application icons of the first window or the first application.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in one embodiment, the recommendation icon includes: an application icon of the first application and an application icon of the second application.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in one implementation, the second application is associated with the first application in a preset manner, or the electronic device history generates a combined window for displaying the content of the second application and the first application, or the electronic device history generates a combined window for displaying the first content and the second content, or the first content and the second content overlap.

The electronic equipment can select the combination selection of the windows related to the windows opened by the user based on a certain strategy, so that the office efficiency of the user can be improved, the trouble of searching and opening other related windows by the user is reduced, and the operation of the user is facilitated.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in an implementation manner, the method further includes: the electronic device detecting a seventh operation; the electronic device updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window; the third window displays the first content, and the fourth window displays the second content.

In other words, in the process of displaying the combined window by the electronic device, the electronic device can split the combined window based on user operation, so that the user can view the contents of a plurality of windows contained in the combined window at the same time, and the user can conveniently and independently operate a plurality of application windows contained in the combined window.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in one implementation manner, the updating, by the electronic device, the first combined window into the third window and the fourth window specifically includes: the electronic equipment updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window which are displayed in a split screen; or the electronic device updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window which are displayed in a left-right large-small mode.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in one implementation manner, the electronic device includes a first display screen and a second display screen, the first combined window is displayed on the first display screen, and the electronic device updates the first combined window to a third window and a fourth window, and specifically includes: the electronic device updates the first combined window displayed on the first display screen to a third window and displays a fourth window on the second display screen.

That is, when the electronic device splits the combined window, the electronic device may respectively disperse the split windows on different display screens to display, so that a user can view different windows on different display screens.

With reference to the first aspect, in an embodiment, the method further includes: the electronic device detecting a seventh operation; the electronic device updates the first combined window to a first window and a second window.

That is, the electronic device can restore the combined window to a plurality of windows shown before the combination based on the user operation.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in one implementation manner, the first combination window further includes: the first option, before the electronic device detects the seventh operation, the method further includes: the electronic device detecting an eighth operation on the first option; the electronic device displays a first option bar, the first option bar comprising one or more mode options; the electronic device detecting a seventh operation specifically includes: the electronic device detects a seventh operation that is directed to a first mode option of the one or more mode options.

That is, during the process of displaying the combination window by the electronic device, the electronic device may provide one or more modes for the user to choose, and the electronic device may change the display form of the combination window according to the mode chosen by the user.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in one implementation manner, when the electronic device displays the first combined window, a fifth window is further displayed; after the electronic device detects the seventh operation, the method further includes: the electronic device stops displaying the fifth window.

When the electronic device displays the combined window in the window dividing mode, the electronic device can hide other windows displayed by the electronic device when the combined window is displayed, so that a user can focus on only the content displayed by the combined window.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in an implementation manner, the electronic device includes a first display screen and a second display screen, the first combined window is displayed on the first display screen, and after the electronic device updates the first window and the second window to the first combined window, the method further includes: the electronic equipment displays first prompt information on a first display screen, wherein the first prompt information corresponds to a sixth window; the electronic equipment detects a ninth operation acting on the first prompt information; the electronic device displays a sixth window on the second display screen.

That is, when the electronic device receives the notification of the new message in the process of displaying the combined window, the electronic device can display the application window corresponding to the new message on another display screen, so that the user can conveniently view the application window corresponding to the new message on the premise of not influencing the display of the combined window.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in an implementation manner, the method further includes: the electronic equipment displays first prompt information, and the first prompt information corresponds to third content; the electronic equipment detects tenth operation acted on the first prompt information; the electronic device updates the first combined window into a second combined window, and the second combined window is displayed with: the first identifier, the second identifier, the third identifier and the first area, wherein the first area displays third content.

That is, when the electronic device receives a new message notification during the process of displaying the combined window, the electronic device may combine the application window corresponding to the new message notification into the combined window obtained by the current combination, and display the content in the application window in the combined window.

With reference to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect, in an implementation manner, the electronic device includes a first display screen and a second display screen, and the first combination window is displayed on the first display screen, and the method further includes: the electronic equipment detects the operation of dragging the first combined window from the first display screen to the second display screen; the electronic device displays the first combination window on the second display screen.

That is, the user can drag the combined window from one display screen to another display screen for display by dragging the combined window, so that convenience is provided for the user to view the combined window on different display screens.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device including a memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs; the one or more processors, when executing the one or more programs, cause the electronic device to implement the method as described in the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect or any implementation of the second aspect, the third aspect or any implementation of the third aspect, the fourth aspect or any implementation of the fourth aspect.

A sixth aspect, a computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method as described in the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect or any implementation of the second aspect, the third aspect or any implementation of the third aspect, the fourth aspect or any implementation of the fourth aspect.

A seventh aspect is a computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method as described in the first aspect or any implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect or any implementation of the second aspect, the third aspect or any implementation of the third aspect, the fourth aspect or any implementation of the fourth aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a schematic hardware structure of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1B is a software architecture block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2A-2G are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application combines a plurality of opened application windows;

Fig. 3A-3C are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application combines an opened application window and an application icon;

fig. 4A-4F are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application combines a plurality of application icons;

fig. 5A-5C are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 triggers a window combination through a drag operation on an application icon according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6A-6D are related user interfaces related to the combination of the electronic device 100 and the folder trigger window according to the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7A-7C are diagrams illustrating related user interfaces related to displaying recommended window combinations according to an application window when the application window is opened by the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 8A-8G are diagrams illustrating related user interfaces of the electronic device 100 according to embodiments of the present application when the combination of windows is implemented in a multi-tasking interface;

Fig. 9A to fig. 9D are related user interfaces when the electronic device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application switches the display modes of the combination window;

FIGS. 10A-10D illustrate a desktop of a combined window by an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present application, and related user interfaces;

FIGS. 11A-11D are diagrams illustrating related user interfaces related to the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application when a new message notification is received during the process of displaying a combination window;

fig. 12A-12B are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application shares a combined window to another display screen for display through a drag operation;

fig. 13A to fig. 13D are related user interfaces related to when the electronic device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application shares a part of windows included in a combined window to another display screen for display through an operation of acting on a control;

fig. 14 is a flow chart of a multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating another multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating another multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a flowchart of another multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and thoroughly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, "/" means or, for example, a/B may represent a or B; the text "and/or" is merely an association relation describing the associated object, and indicates that three relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: the three cases where a exists alone, a and B exist together, and B exists alone, and furthermore, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "plural" means two or more than two.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used below for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as implying or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature, and in the description of embodiments of the application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

The term "User Interface (UI)" in the following embodiments of the present application is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application program or an operating system and a user, which enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form acceptable to the user. The user interface is a source code written in a specific computer language such as java, extensible markup language (extensible markup language, XML) and the like, and the interface source code is analyzed and rendered on the electronic equipment to finally be presented as content which can be identified by a user. A commonly used presentation form of a user interface is a graphical user interface (graphic user interface, GUI), which refers to a graphically displayed user interface that is related to computer operations. It may be a visual interface element of text, icons, buttons, menus, tabs, text boxes, dialog boxes, status bars, navigation bars, widgets, etc., displayed in a display of the electronic device.

The embodiment of the application provides a multi-window management method, in which an electronic device can combine a plurality of application windows into a combined window according to user operation, the combined window can be used for displaying the display content of one of the application windows before the combination, and the application windows comprise windows of different applications. The electronic equipment can display contents of the application windows indicated by the identifiers in the combined window according to the operation of the user on different identifiers.

According to the method, a plurality of application windows are combined into one combined window, the number of windows displayed by the electronic equipment at one time can be reduced, display contents of the electronic equipment can be cleaner and clearer, a user can flexibly and rapidly switch display contents corresponding to different applications by acting on different identifications in the combined window, the user is helped to rapidly find target contents, the user can only focus and view the contents of one application at one time, the work efficiency of the user is improved, and the experience of the user is improved.

Fig. 1A shows a hardware configuration diagram of the electronic device 100.

The electronic device 100 may be a cell phone, tablet computer, desktop computer, laptop computer, handheld computer, notebook computer, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), netbook, and cellular telephone, personal Digital Assistant (PDA), augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) device, virtual Reality (VR) device, artificial intelligence (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AI) device, wearable device, vehicle-mounted device, smart home device, and/or smart city device, and the specific type of the electronic device is not particularly limited by the embodiments of the present application.

The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, keys 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, and a subscriber identity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, etc. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It should be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or certain components may be combined, or certain components may be split, or different arrangements of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (IMAGE SIGNAL processor, ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processor (NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors.

The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation codes and the time sequence signals to finish the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or recycled. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided and the latency of the processor 110 is reduced, thereby improving the efficiency of the system.

The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard specification, and may specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130 may be used to connect a charger to charge the electronic device 100, and may also be used to transfer data between the electronic device 100 and a peripheral device. And can also be used for connecting with a headset, and playing audio through the headset. The interface may also be used to connect other electronic devices, such as AR devices, etc.

The charge management module 140 is configured to receive a charge input from a charger.

The power management module 141 is used for connecting the battery 142, and the charge management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charge management module 140 to power the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the display 194, the camera 193, the wireless communication module 160, and the like. The power management module 141 may also be configured to monitor battery capacity, battery cycle number, battery health (leakage, impedance) and other parameters.

The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas may also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc., applied to the electronic device 100. The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 150 may receive electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, perform processes such as filtering, amplifying, and the like on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the processed electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 can amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 1 to radiate.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. The modulator is used for modulating the low-frequency baseband signal to be transmitted into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator is used for demodulating the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. The demodulator then transmits the demodulated low frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor and then transferred to the application processor. The application processor outputs sound signals through an audio device (not limited to the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, etc.), or displays images or video through the display screen 194.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide solutions for wireless communication including wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN) (e.g., wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (BT), global navigation satellite system (global navigation SATELLITE SYSTEM, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field communication (NEAR FIELD communication, NFC), infrared (IR), etc., applied to the electronic device 100. The wireless communication module 160 may be one or more devices that integrate at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 160 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, demodulates and filters the electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 160 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor 110, frequency modulate it, amplify it, and convert it to electromagnetic waves for radiation via the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, antenna 1 and mobile communication module 150 of electronic device 100 are coupled, and antenna 2 and wireless communication module 160 are coupled, such that electronic device 100 may communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication techniques. The wireless communication techniques may include the Global System for Mobile communications (global system for mobile communications, GSM), general Packet Radio Service (GPRS), code division multiple Access (code division multiple3Acess, CDMA), wideband code division multiple Access (wideband code division multiple3 Access, WCDMA), time-division code division multiple Access (time-division code division multiple3 Access, TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC, FM, and/or IR techniques, among others. The GNSS may include a global satellite positioning system (global positioning system, GPS), a global navigation satellite system (global navigation SATELLITE SYSTEM, GLONASS), a beidou satellite navigation system (beidou navigation SATELLITE SYSTEM, BDS), a quasi zenith satellite system (quasi-zenith SATELLITE SYSTEM, QZSS) and/or a satellite based augmentation system (SATELLITE BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS, SBAS).

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. Processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may display, through the display 194, related user interfaces involved in the process of combining application windows, specifically, reference subsequent related content, which is not first expanded.

The camera 193 is used to capture still images or video. In some embodiments, electronic device 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The internal memory 121 may include one or more random access memories (random 3Acess memory,RAM) and one or more non-volatile memories (NVM).

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect external non-volatile memory to enable expansion of the memory capabilities of the electronic device 100. The external nonvolatile memory communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to implement a data storage function. For example, files such as music and video are stored in an external nonvolatile memory.

The electronic device 100 may implement audio functions through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, an application processor, and the like. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 170 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a "horn," is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The electronic device 100 may listen to music, or to hands-free conversations, through the speaker 170A.

A receiver 170B, also referred to as a "earpiece", is used to convert the audio electrical signal into a sound signal. When electronic device 100 is answering a telephone call or voice message, voice may be received by placing receiver 170B in close proximity to the human ear.

Microphone 170C, also referred to as a "microphone" or "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals. When making a call or transmitting voice information, the user can sound near the microphone 170C through the mouth, inputting a sound signal to the microphone 170C.

The earphone interface 170D is used to connect a wired earphone.

The pressure sensor 180A is used to sense a pressure signal, and may convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. When a touch operation is applied to the display screen 194, the electronic apparatus 100 detects the touch operation intensity according to the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 100 may also calculate the location of the touch based on the detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine a motion gesture of the electronic device 100. In some embodiments, the angular velocity of electronic device 100 about three axes (i.e., x, y, and z axes) may be determined by gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B may be used for photographing anti-shake.

The air pressure sensor 180C is used to measure air pressure. In some embodiments, electronic device 100 calculates altitude from barometric pressure values measured by barometric pressure sensor 180C, aiding in positioning and navigation.

The magnetic sensor 180D includes a hall sensor. The electronic device 100 may detect the opening and closing of the flip cover using the magnetic sensor 180D. In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is a flip machine, the electronic device 100 may detect the opening and closing of the flip according to the magnetic sensor 180D. And then according to the detected opening and closing state of the leather sheath or the opening and closing state of the flip, the characteristics of automatic unlocking of the flip and the like are set.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect the magnitude of acceleration of the electronic device 100 in various directions (typically three axes). The magnitude and direction of gravity may be detected when the electronic device 100 is stationary. The electronic equipment gesture recognition method can also be used for recognizing the gesture of the electronic equipment, and is applied to horizontal and vertical screen switching, pedometers and other applications.

A distance sensor 180F for measuring a distance. The electronic device 100 may measure the distance by infrared or laser. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may range using the distance sensor 180F to achieve quick focus.

The proximity light sensor 180G may include, for example, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) and a light detector, such as a photodiode. The light emitting diode may be an infrared light emitting diode. The electronic device 100 emits infrared light outward through the light emitting diode. The electronic device 100 detects infrared reflected light from nearby objects using a photodiode. When sufficient reflected light is detected, it may be determined that there is an object in the vicinity of the electronic device 100. When insufficient reflected light is detected, the electronic device 100 may determine that there is no object in the vicinity of the electronic device 100.

The ambient light sensor 180L is used to sense ambient light level. The electronic device 100 may adaptively adjust the brightness of the display 194 based on the perceived ambient light level. The ambient light sensor 180L may also be used to automatically adjust white balance when taking a photograph. Ambient light sensor 180L may also cooperate with proximity light sensor 180G to detect whether electronic device 100 is in a pocket to prevent false touches.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect a fingerprint. The electronic device 100 may utilize the collected fingerprint feature to unlock the fingerprint, access the application lock, photograph the fingerprint, answer the incoming call, etc.

The temperature sensor 180J is for detecting temperature.

The touch sensor 180K, also referred to as a "touch device". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is for detecting a touch operation acting thereon or thereabout. The touch sensor may communicate the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output related to touch operations may be provided through the display 194.

The bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal. In some embodiments, bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal of a human vocal tract vibrating bone pieces. The bone conduction sensor 180M may also contact the pulse of the human body to receive the blood pressure pulsation signal.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc. Pressing the electronic device 100 may receive key inputs, generating key signal inputs related to user settings and function controls of the electronic device 100.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration cue. The motor 191 may be used for incoming call vibration alerting as well as for touch vibration feedback.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, may be used to indicate a state of charge, a change in charge, a message indicating a missed call, a notification, etc.

The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect a SIM card. The SIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 195, or removed from the SIM card interface 195 to enable contact and separation with the electronic device 100.

The electronic device may be a portable terminal device such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, wearable device, etc. that carries iOS, android, microsoft or other operating systems, or may be a non-portable terminal device such as a Laptop computer (Laptop) with a touch-sensitive surface or touch-sensitive panel, a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface or touch-sensitive panel, etc. The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture, or a cloud architecture. In the embodiment of the invention, taking an Android system with a layered architecture as an example, a software structure of the electronic device 100 is illustrated.

Fig. 1B is a software block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the application.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each with distinct roles and branches. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer, an application framework layer, an Zhuoyun rows (Android runtime) and system libraries, and a kernel layer, respectively.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 1B, the application package may include applications for cameras, gallery, calendar, phone calls, maps, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short messages, etc.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for the application of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a telephony manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can acquire the size of the display screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make such data accessible to applications. The data may include video, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phonebooks, etc.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls to display text, controls to display gallery, and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface including a text messaging icon may include a view showing text and a view showing a gallery.

The telephony manager is used to provide the communication functions of the electronic device 100. Such as the management of call status (including on, hung-up, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application program, such as localization strings, icons, gallery, layout files, video files, and so forth.

The notification manager allows the application to display notification information in a status bar, can be used to communicate notification type messages, can automatically disappear after a short dwell, and does not require user interaction. Such as notification manager is used to inform that the download is complete, message alerts, etc. The notification manager may also be a notification in the form of a chart or scroll bar text that appears on the system top status bar, such as a notification of a background running application, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, a text message is prompted in a status bar, a prompt tone is emitted, the electronic device vibrates, and an indicator light blinks, etc.

Android run time includes a core library and virtual machines. Android runtime is responsible for scheduling and management of the android system.

The core library consists of two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes java files of the application program layer and the application program framework layer as binary files. The virtual machine is used for executing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), etc.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

Media libraries support a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, still image files, and the like. The media library may support a variety of audio and video encoding formats, such as MPEG4, h.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver and a sensor driver.

The workflow of the electronic device 100 software and hardware is illustrated below in connection with capturing a photo scene.

When touch sensor 180K receives a touch operation, a corresponding hardware interrupt is issued to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the touch operation into the original input event (including information such as touch coordinates, time stamp of touch operation, etc.). The original input event is stored at the kernel layer. The application framework layer acquires an original input event from the kernel layer, and identifies a control corresponding to the input event. Taking the touch operation as a touch click operation, taking a control corresponding to the click operation as an example of a control of a camera application icon, the camera application calls an interface of an application framework layer, starts the camera application, further starts a camera driver by calling a kernel layer, and captures a still image or video by the camera 193.

A series of user interfaces provided by embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to fig. 2A-2G, fig. 3A-3C, fig. 4A-4F, fig. 5A-5C, fig. 6A-6D, fig. 7A-7C, fig. 8A-8G, fig. 9A-9D, fig. 10A-10D, fig. 11A-11D, and fig. 13A-13D, taking the electronic device 100 as an example. It is to be understood that the embodiment of the present application is not limited to the type of the electronic device 100, and the electronic device 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet, a computer, or the like including a display screen.

Fig. 2A-2G illustrate related user interfaces involved in combining a plurality of open application windows by the electronic device 100.

Fig. 2A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located. Wherein the desktop is operable to display one or more application icons, and one or more application windows.

As shown in fig. 2A, the user interface 10 may include: an application window 101, an application window 102, a taskbar 103.

The application window 101 is a window of a music application, the window is used for displaying a music playing page of the music application, the application window 102 is a window of a chat application, and the window is used for displaying a group chat page of the chat application. The taskbar 103 may be used to display information such as time, power, network signals, etc., shortcut function icons provided by the electronic device 100, icons of windows that the electronic device 100 has opened, etc. As can be seen from fig. 2A, the taskbar 103 may display an icon 103A of the application window 101, the icon 103A may be an application icon of a music application, and the icon 103B of the application window 102 may be an application icon of a chat application.

In addition, it should be noted that, the task bar 103 is located at the uppermost layer of all display contents of the desktop, the task bar 103 is not blocked by the window displayed by the electronic device 100, the user can view information such as time, electric quantity, network signals, etc. through the task bar 103, and can also quickly open the window corresponding to the shortcut function icon through the task bar 103, and quickly find the target window from a plurality of opened windows.

It should be understood that the name of the task bar 103 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, and in other embodiments of the present application, the task bar 103 may also be referred to as a Dock bar, a navigation bar, and a sidebar, and the location of the task bar 103 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, for example, the task bar 103 may also be displayed on the side of the display screen.

In addition, fig. 2A illustrates chat applications and music applications as examples, where the electronic device 100 combines windows of different applications to obtain a combined window, it should be understood that the application used when the electronic device 100 is combined in the embodiment of the present application is not limited, the electronic device 100 may combine windows of any application installed in the application, and the number of application windows used when the embodiment of the present application is combined is not limited, for example, the electronic device 100 combines a plurality of windows of 3, 4, or the like different numbers.

The electronic device 100 may detect a selection operation on the application window 101 or the application window 102, and select the application window 101 and the application window 102. Wherein the display effect of the selected application window may be different from the display effect of the unselected application window, the display effect may include color, shade, brightness, transparency, size, and the like.

As shown in fig. 2A, the electronic device 100 may detect a selection operation applied to the application window 101, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 selects the application window 101, where comparing the application window 101 with the application window 102 may see that a border line of the selected application window 101 is thicker than a border line of the unselected application window 102.

The selection operation may be exemplified by a click operation of a user on a mouse when the user moves the mouse connected to the electronic device 100 to cause a cursor displayed on the electronic device 100 to act on the application window 101, or further, the selection operation may be exemplified by a shift key of the user in holding a keyboard connected to the electronic device 100 and a click operation of a user on a mouse when the cursor acts on the application window 101. The embodiment of the application does not limit the selection operation.

It should be understood that a mouse or keyboard to which the electronic device 100 is connected may refer to a mouse or keyboard that establishes a wired or wireless connection with the electronic device 100. The wireless connection may be a near-field connection such as Wi-Fi connection, bluetooth connection, infrared connection, NFC connection, zigBee connection, etc., or a far-field connection including, but not limited to, a far-field connection based on 2g,3g,4g,5g and subsequent standard protocols of the mobile network. The embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

As shown in fig. 2B, the electronic device 100 may also detect a selection operation acting on the application window 102, in response to which the electronic device 100 selects the application window 102.

As shown in fig. 2C, on the premise that both the application window 101 and the application window 102 have been selected, the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on a blank area (for example, a position where the cursor shown in fig. 2C is located) of the user interface 10, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 displays the option bar 104 at the position where the cursor is located.

The click operation may be, for example, a click operation by a user on a right button of the mouse.

Wherein the options bar 104 may be used to display one or more operational options provided by the electronic device 100 for the application window, such as open, combine, share, copy, etc. As shown in fig. 2C, the options bar 104 may include a combination option 104A, where the combination option 104A may be used to combine multiple application windows selected by the electronic device 100, i.e., the application window 101 and the application window 102, into one window.

As shown in fig. 2D, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the combination option 104A, the click operation may be referred to as a click operation by the user on the left mouse button, for example, in response to which the electronic device 100 merges the application window 101 and the application window 102 into a combination window 105 as shown in fig. 2E.

It should be understood that, in the following embodiments of the present application, the click operation may refer to a click operation performed by a user on the left button of the mouse, unless otherwise specified.

It will be appreciated that, in addition to the selection operation performed by the user on the multiple application windows shown in fig. 2A-2D and further acting on the combination options to combine the multiple application windows into one combination window after the multiple application windows are selected, the electronic device 100 may further combine the two application windows into one combination window through a drag operation performed by the user on one application window to the other application window, or the electronic device 100 may further provide a combination control, where the electronic device 100 may detect an operation performed by the user on the combination control, and combine all the windows displayed on the desktop into one combination window, and the combination control may be displayed in a blank area of the desktop, or displayed in a menu bar displayed in the blank area of the desktop, or displayed in the task bar 103, or displayed in the application window. It can be seen that the interaction manner in which the electronic device 100 merges multiple application windows into one combined window is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 2E, the combination window 105 may include: toolbar 105A, window content display area 105B. Wherein the toolbar 105A may include: a first application icon 1051A, a second application icon 1052A, a mode switch icon 1053A, a minimize icon 1054A, a maximize icon 1055A, and a close icon 1056A.

The first application icon 1051A and the second application icon 1052A are used to indicate the application window 101 and the application window 102 shown in fig. 2A to 2E, respectively.

Illustratively, the first application icon 1051A and the second application icon 1052A may be displayed with window title text for the application window 101 and the application window 102. The first application icon 1051A is displayed as a "music" text, and the second application icon 1052A is displayed as a "group chat" text.

It is to be appreciated that the first application icon 1051A and the second application icon 1052A may also be displayed as other content, for example, the first application icon 1051A is displayed as an application icon of an application to which the application window 101 belongs, the second application icon 1052A is displayed as an application icon of an application to which the application window 102 belongs, and for example, the first application icon 1051A is displayed as a preview of the window 101, and the second application icon 1052A is displayed as a preview of the application window 102. The display forms of the first application icon 1051A and the second application icon 1052A are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In addition, when the combination window 105 further includes more application windows, more application icons may be included in the toolbar 105A.

The mode switch icon 1053A can be used to change the display mode of the combination window 105, and switch the combination window 105 to other display states, which can be seen in detail in the following fig. 9A-9D, and is not developed here.

The minimize icon 1054A may be used to hide the combined window 105. Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the minimize icon 1054A, the electronic device 100 hides the combined window 105, at which point the user interface 10 no longer displays the combined window 105, and the user may cause the electronic device 100 to redisplay the combined window 105 in the user interface 10 by clicking on the icon corresponding to the combined window 105 in the taskbar 103.

The maximize icon 1055A may be used to maximize the combination window 105 and the close icon 1056A may be used to close the combination window 105.

The window content presentation area 105B is for displaying content in one of the application windows before merging. The content displayed may be content in an application window indicated by the selected application icon in the toolbar 105A. As can be seen from fig. 2E, the first application icon 1051A is a selected application icon, the second application icon 1052A is an unselected application icon, the background color of the selected application icon is darker than the background color of the unselected application icon, and the window content display area 105B displays a music playing page of the music application.

It may be appreciated that the display effect of the selected application icon is different from the display effect of the unselected application icon, and the display effect may include: color, brightness, shading, size, etc., to which embodiments of the application are not limited.

Wherein, the electronic device 100 can switch the application icons selected in the toolbar 105A by the operation of the user on the first application icon 1051A and the second application icon 1052A, so as to switch and display the content in different application windows in the window content display area 105B.

In addition, when the electronic device 100 generates the combination window 105, the electronic device 100 may update the icon 103A and the icon 103B in the task bar 103 shown in fig. 2A to the icon 103C in the task bar 103 shown in fig. 2E, in addition to updating the application window 101 and the application window 102 shown in fig. 2A to the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E, the icon 103C being an icon of the combination window 105.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 hides the combination window 105, the electronic device 100 may display the combination window 105 in the user interface 10 by a click operation of the icon 103C by a user.

It should be understood that the icon 103C may be displayed on a desktop in addition to the task bar 103, and the display position of the icon 103C is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 2E, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the second application icon 1052A, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 switches the first application icon 1051A to an unselected state, switches the second application icon 1052A to a selected state, and displays a chat page of the chat application in the window content presentation area 105B. That is, the electronic device 100 updates the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E to the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2F.

As shown in fig. 2F, a group chat page displayed as a chat application in the window content presentation area 105B of the combination window 105.

It should be appreciated that if the size of the application window 101 and the application window 102 before the combination are different, after the electronic device 100 combines the application window 101 and the application window 102 to obtain the combined window 105, the size of the combined window 105 may change along with the user selecting different application icons in the combined window 105. Specifically, when the first application icon 1051A in the combination window 105 is selected, the size of the combination window 105 may be equal to the size of the application window 101, and when the second application icon 1052A in the combination window 105 is selected, the size of the combination window 105 may be equal to the size of the application window 102.

As shown in fig. 2G, when the electronic device 100 detects that the cursor hovers over the icon 103C, the electronic device 100 may display a preview window 106 in the user interface 10, the preview window 106 being used to display a preview of the application window 101, the application window 102, and the combined window 105 resulting from the combination of the application window 101 and the application window 102.

Wherein the preview window 106 may comprise: preview 106A, preview 106B, preview 106C. The preview 106A is a preview of the application window 101, the preview 106B is a preview of the application window 102, and the preview 106C is a preview of the combination window 105.

When the electronic device 100 detects that the cursor hovers over the preview image 106A, the electronic device 100 may display only the application window 101 in the user interface 10, without displaying the application window 102 and the combined window 105; similarly, when the electronic device 100 detects that the cursor hovers over the preview image 106B, the electronic device 100 may display only the application window 102 in the user interface 10, without displaying the application window 101 and the combination window 105; when the electronic device 100 detects that the cursor hovers over the preview image 106B, the electronic device 100 may display only the combination window 105 in the user interface 10 without displaying the application window 101 and the application window 102. And the position and size of any one of the application window 101, the application window 102, or the combined window 105 may remain the original position and size during the display of that window by the electronic device 100.

That is, the user can view the display effect of any one application window before combination on the desktop or the display effect of the combination window on the desktop by hovering the cursor over a different preview. The display effect may include a position of the window, a size of the window, display content in the window, and the like.

It may be appreciated that, in the embodiment of the present application, the windows combined by the electronic device 100 may include different windows of the same application in addition to the windows of different applications, so that a user may not only combine the windows of different applications together, but also combine the different windows of the same application together, so that the user may view the content of different applications and the content of different applications through the combined windows.

As can be seen from fig. 2A to fig. 2G, the electronic device 100 may combine the multiple application windows into one combined window through a combination operation of a user acting on the multiple application windows, where the combined window may display contents in any one of the multiple application windows before the combination, and the combined window reduces an area occupied by the multiple application windows, so that a user interface is cleaner and tidier.

Fig. 3A-3C illustrate related user interfaces involved in the electronic device 100 combining an opened application window with an application icon.

Fig. 3A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located. The description of the user interface 10 may be referred to in detail in fig. 2A, and will not be repeated here.

In addition, as shown in fig. 3A, the user interface 10 further includes: an application icon 107, the application icon 107 being an application icon of a gallery application, the application icon 107 being operable to trigger opening of the gallery application.

For example, when the electronic device 100 detects a clicking operation on the application icon 107, in response to the clicking operation, the electronic device 100 displays an application window of the gallery application, that is, the application icon 107 may be used to indicate the application window of the gallery application, where, when the content displayed in the application window may be a default main page of the gallery application when the electronic device 100 opens the gallery application, or may be a page browsed by the user when the gallery application is closed last time, the display content in the application window indicated by the application icon 107 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

When the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation acting on the application icon 107 on the basis that the electronic device 100 has selected the application window 101, the electronic device 100 selects the application icon 107 in response to the operation, and displays the combination option 108. The combination option 108 may be used to trigger the combination of the application window 101 and the application icon 107 selected by the electronic device 100. The description of the selection of the application window 101 by the electronic device 100 may refer to the related content of fig. 2A, which is not repeated here.

The selection operation may be, for example, a click operation performed by the user pressing a shift key of the keyboard and acting on the mouse. It should be understood that embodiments of the present application are not limited to this selection operation.

As shown in fig. 3B, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the combination option 108, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 updates the application window 101 to a combination window 109 as shown in fig. 3C, the combination window 109 being a window generated after the electronic device 100 combines the application window 101 and the application icon 107.

As shown in fig. 3C, the combination window 109 may include: toolbar 109A, window content presentation area 109B. Wherein toolbar 109A may include: a first application icon 1091A, a second application icon 1092A.

The first application icon 1091A and the second application icon 1092A are used to indicate the application window 101 shown in fig. 3A-3B and the application window corresponding to the application icon 107, respectively.

Illustratively, the first application icon 1091A and the second application icon 1092A may display window title text of the application window 101 and the application window corresponding to the application icon 107. The first application icon 1091A is displayed as a "music" word, and the second application icon 1092A is displayed as a "gallery" word.

The window content presentation area 109B is used to display the content in the application window indicated by the application icon in the selected state among the first application icon 1091A and the second application icon 1092A.

For details of the content not described in the combination window 109, reference may be made to the related content of the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E, which is not described herein.

It should be understood that fig. 3A-3C only describe a process of selecting one application window and one application icon for the electronic device 100 to combine, but the number of application windows and application icons selected when the electronic device 100 performs window combination is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may generate a window similar to the combined window 109 shown in fig. 3C for a combination of a plurality of application windows and a plurality of application icon trigger windows selected by a user, where the window may be used to display content in the plurality of application windows and windows corresponding to the plurality of icons.

As can be seen from fig. 3A to fig. 3C, the electronic device 100 may perform a combination operation of an opened application window and an application icon for triggering the opening of the application window by a user, and when the application window corresponding to the application icon is opened, the application window and the opened application window are combined together, so that the electronic device 100 does not increase the number of windows displayed in the user interface while opening the application, and the cleanness and the neatness of the desktop are ensured.

Fig. 4A-4F illustrate related user interfaces involved in combining multiple application icons by electronic device 100.

Fig. 4A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 may be located, the user interface 10 being operable to display one or more application icons.

As shown in fig. 4A, the user interface 10 may include an application icon 110, the application icon 110 being an application icon of a music application, the application icon 110 being operable to trigger the opening of the music application.

Similar to the application icon 107 described in fig. 3A, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the application icon 107, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 may display an application window of the music application, which may be displayed as a default main page of the music application or as a page browsed by the user when the music application is closed last time. The embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

As shown in fig. 4A, the electronic device 100 may detect a selection operation acting on the application icon 110, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 selects the application icon 110.

For example, the selection operation may be a long-press operation applied to the mouse when the user slides the mouse to make the cursor located on the application icon 110, or the selection operation may be an operation of pressing a left button of the mouse by the user to slide the box selection application icon 110, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Alternatively, as can be seen from fig. 4A, when the application icon 110 is in the selected state, the background color of the application icon 110 may be updated to a dark color, further alternatively, the upper left corner of the application icon 110 may be displayed with a "checked" mark, and the background color of the application icon 110 and the newly added mark may be used to indicate that the application icon 110 is in the selected state.

It is understood that the electronic device 100 may also represent, by other presentation forms, a distinction between an application icon in a selected state and an application icon not in a selected state, for example, the selected application icon may be in a jittered state, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 4B, the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation on the application icon 107 on the basis that the application icon 110 is in the selected state, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 reselects the application icon 107 on the basis that the application icon 110 is selected.

The selection operation may refer to the foregoing description of the selection operation of the application icon 110, and will not be repeated here.

It may be appreciated that, when a plurality of application icons that a user needs to select are concentrated in one area, the electronic device 100 may select the plurality of application icons at a time through a sliding frame selection operation performed by the user on the plurality of applications.

As shown in fig. 4C, when the electronic device 100 detects an operation that the user drags the selected application icon, for example, the location where the application icon 107 is located, the electronic device 100 may display the identifiers 111 of the plurality of selected application icons that move following the drag operation, and illustratively, the identifiers 111 may be displayed as a picture in which the screenshots of the selected plurality of application icons are superimposed.

As shown in fig. 4D, in the process that the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on a selected application icon, when the electronic device 100 detects a shake operation of the user, the electronic device 100 displays a combination option 112, a forwarding option 113 in response to the operation.

Wherein the combining option 112 may be used to trigger combining the selected plurality of application icons to generate a combined window formed by combining the windows indicated by the plurality of application icons. Forwarding option 113 may be used to forward the selected plurality of application icons to the relay station.

As shown in fig. 4E, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the combination option 112, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 displays a combination window 114 as shown in fig. 4F in the user interface 10, the combination window 114 being a window combined from the windows indicated by the application icon 107 and the application icon 110, the combination window being usable for displaying contents of the music application and the gallery application. For a specific description of the combination window 114, reference may be made to the foregoing description of the combination window 105 in fig. 2E and the combination window 109 shown in fig. 3C, which are not repeated here.

As can be seen from fig. 4A to fig. 4F, when the electronic device 100 does not open an application window, the electronic device 100 may combine the application windows of the plurality of application icons into a combined window while opening the application window corresponding to the application icon according to the operation of the user for selecting and combining the plurality of application icons, so that the user can view the application content corresponding to different application icons through the combined window, thereby avoiding that the electronic device 100 displays the plurality of application windows on the desktop when the user needs to open the plurality of applications, and affecting the cleanliness of the desktop.

Fig. 5A-5C illustrate related user interfaces involved in triggering a combination of windows by a drag operation of the electronic device 100 on an application icon.

Fig. 5A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located.

As shown in fig. 5A, the user interface 10 may include a taskbar 103 for displaying information such as time, power, network signals, etc., shortcut function icons provided by the electronic device 100, icons of windows that have been opened by the electronic device 100, etc. As can be seen from fig. 5A, the taskbar 103 may be displayed with an icon 103A, which icon 103A is an application icon of a music application, and an icon 103B, which icon 103B is an application icon of a chat application. The task bar 103 may be specifically described with reference to the foregoing related content of fig. 2A, and will not be described herein.

For example, the icon 103A and the icon 103B may be icons newly added in the status bar after the electronic device 100 opens the music application and the chat application, through which the user may quickly view windows of the music application and the chat application, or the icon 103A and the icon 103B may be shortcut icons actively added to the taskbar 103 by the user when the user does not open the music application and the chat application, so that the user may quickly open windows of the music application and the chat application through the icon 103A and the icon 103B displayed in the taskbar 103.

As shown in fig. 5A, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation acting on the icon 103B to the icon 103A, and in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 updates the icon 103A and the icon 103B to an icon 103C as shown in fig. 5B, the icon 103C being for indicating a combination window generated by combining application windows of the music application and the chat application.

Alternatively, the icon 103C may be displayed as a preset icon for indicating a combination window, such as the icon 103C shown in fig. 5B, or the icon 103C may be displayed as an icon obtained by superimposing the icon 103A and the icon 103B one above another. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the presentation form of the icon 103C.

It is to be understood that when the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on the icon 103B to the icon 103A, the icon 103C may be generated based on the icon 103A and the icon 103B additionally while the icon 103A and the icon 103B are maintained, in addition to updating the icon 103A and the icon 103B to the icon 103C, which the embodiment of the present application is not limited to.

As shown in fig. 5B, the electronic device 100 may detect a user operation, such as a click operation, on the icon 103C, and in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 displays a combination window 115 as shown in fig. 5C in the user interface 10, the combination window 115 being a combination window indicated by the icon 103C.

Alternatively, when the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on the icon 103B to the icon 103A, and updates the icon 103A and the icon 103B to the icon 103C as shown in fig. 5B, the electronic device 100 may also automatically open the combination window 115 indicated by the icon 103C.

It can be appreciated that, before the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on the icon 103B to the icon 103A, if the electronic device 100 has opened the application corresponding to the icon 103B and the icon 103A, respectively, the combined window 115 is obtained from a window combination of the opened music application and the chat application; if the electronic device 100 does not open the applications corresponding to the icon 103B and the icon 103A, the electronic device 100 specifically includes that the electronic device 100 opens the music application and the chat application corresponding to the icon 103B and the icon 103A, respectively, and then combines the windows of the music application and the chat application to obtain the combined window 115.

Further, the electronic device 100 may also detect a drag operation on an application icon in the status bar, for example, an application icon of a gallery application, to the icon 103C, and add a window of the gallery application to the combined window 115. Thus, the user can generate a combined window obtained by combining two or more windows by dragging the icon in the status bar.

In some implementations, icons in the taskbar 103, such as icon 103A or icon 103B, can be used to indicate one or more windows. Taking the icon 103A as an example, when the electronic device 100 opens a plurality of windows of the music application, which may be used to display different page contents of the music application, the icon 103A may be used to indicate the plurality of windows. In this case, when the electronic apparatus 100 detects a drag operation on the icon 103B to the icon 103A as shown in fig. 5A, the combined window generated by the electronic apparatus 100 is combined from a plurality of windows indicated by the icon 103A and a window indicated by the icon 103B.

As can be seen from fig. 5A to fig. 5C, the electronic device 100 may trigger the combination of windows by acting on the drag operation of one application icon displayed in the status bar to another application icon, so that the user can quickly obtain the combination window under the condition of using fewer operations, thereby facilitating the operation of the user.

Fig. 6A-6D illustrate related user interfaces involved in the combination of a folder trigger window by electronic device 100.

Fig. 6A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located.

As shown in fig. 6A, the user interface 10 may include therein: application icon 107, application icon 110, icon 116. The application icon 107 is an application icon of a gallery application, the icon may be used to trigger to open the gallery application, the application icon 110 is an application icon of a music application, the icon may be used to trigger to open the music application, the icon 116 is used to indicate a folder created in the electronic device 100, the folder may be used to aggregate files in the electronic device 100 together, and a user may sort and aggregate files in the electronic device 100 through the folder, thereby providing convenience for the user to manage the files. For a specific description of the application icon 107 and the application icon 110, reference may be made to the foregoing description of the application icon 107 shown in fig. 3A and the application icon 110 shown in fig. 4A, and details thereof will not be repeated here.

As shown in fig. 6A, when the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on the application icon 107 to the icon 116, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 moves the application icon 107 into the folder indicated by the icon 116.

As shown in fig. 6B, when the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation acting on the application icon 110 to the icon 116, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 moves the application icon 110 into the folder indicated by the icon 116.

At this time, the application icon 107 and the application icon 110 are included in the folder indicated by the icon 116 shown in fig. 6B.

As shown in fig. 6C, when the electronic apparatus 100 detects a user operation acting on the icon 116, for example, a click operation of a right mouse button by the user, the electronic apparatus 100 displays the option bar 117 in the user interface 10 in response to the operation.

The options bar 117 may include one or more options that may be used to trigger operations on folders to open folders, rename folders, copy folders, and so forth. Wherein the option bar 117 may include: a combination option 117A, the combination option 117A may be used to trigger the combination of windows for the folder, generating a combination window.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the combination option 117A, the electronic device 100 displays the combination window 114 as shown in fig. 6D in the user interface 10 in response to the operation.

As shown in fig. 6D, the combination window 114 is a window formed by combining a music application and a gallery application, and a user can view contents of the music application and the gallery application through the combination window 114. The details of the combination window 114 may be referred to in the foregoing description of the combination window 114 shown in fig. 4F, and will not be described herein.

It should be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may store files in different formats, such as pictures, videos, audios, documents, etc., in a folder in addition to the application icons, and these files may be used to trigger the opening of an application window through which a user may view the content of the file. The electronic device 100 triggers the combination of windows to the folder, that is, the windows displayed when the files are opened are combined into one combined window while triggering to open a plurality of files contained in the folder. The embodiment of the application does not limit the files stored in the folder. For example, when the electronic device 100 triggers a combination of windows for folders in which videos and pictures are stored, the electronic device 100 may generate a combination window formed by combining windows of a video playing application and a picture browsing application, through which a user may view a page provided by the video playing application for playing the video and a page provided by the picture browsing application for displaying the picture.

In addition, the files stored in the folder may be files preset for the electronic device 100 in addition to files manually added by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

As can be seen from fig. 6A to 6D, the electronic device 100 may combine a plurality of files included in a folder by a combining operation acting on the folder, to generate a combined window through which a user can view the contents of any one of the files in the folder.

Fig. 7A-7C illustrate related user interfaces involved in displaying recommended window combinations according to an application window when the electronic device 100 opens the application window.

Fig. 7A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located.

As shown in fig. 7A, the user interface 10 may include: an application icon 110. The application icon 110 is an application icon of a music application, and the application icon 110 may be used to trigger the opening of the music application.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the application icon 110, in response to which the electronic device 100 opens a music application, an application window 101 as shown in fig. 7B is displayed on the user interface 10, the application window 101 being a window of the music application displayed when the electronic device 100 opens the music application.

Fig. 7B (a) and (B) show two exemplary user interfaces 10 displayed when the electronic device 100 opens a music application.

As shown in fig. 7B (a), when the electronic device 100 opens a music application, the electronic device 100 may newly add an application window 101 displaying the music application in the user interface 10, and the application window 101 may be used to display a music play page of the music application.

The application window 101 may include: a recommendation icon 101A, where the recommendation icon 101A is used to instruct the electronic device 100 to recommend a window combination according to the application window 101. The recommendation icon 101A may include a plurality of application icons therein, and the recommendation icon 101A may be used to trigger updating the application window 101 to a combined window. The combined window is combined according to windows indicated by a plurality of application icons contained in the recommendation icon 101A.

As can be seen from fig. 7B (a), the recommendation icon 101A includes application icons of a music application and a chat application.

In one embodiment, the plurality of application icons included in the recommended icon 101A may be application icons respectively corresponding to the plurality of application windows included in the combined window when the combined window is generated for the application window 101 used by the electronic device 100. In this case, it is known from the recommended icon 101A that the electronic device 100 has historically utilized the window of the music application and the window combination of the chat application to obtain a combined window, and when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the recommended icon 101A, the electronic device 100 may display the combined window again to reproduce the combined window that the electronic device 100 has utilized the application window 101 to generate.

In another embodiment, the plurality of application icons included in the recommendation icon 101A may be application icons corresponding to a plurality of application windows associated with each other. The association may include, among other things, an association of application type, window name, window content, window open time, and the like. For example, it is assumed that a plurality of application icons included in the recommendation icon 101A are application icons corresponding to a plurality of application windows whose contents are continuously opened for a while, in this case, it can be known from the recommendation icon 101A that the user opens a window of the chat application in a short time before opening the application window 101 of the music application.

It can be appreciated that the recommendation policy of the application icon displayed in the recommendation icon 101A is not limited by the embodiment of the present application. In addition, the recommendation icon 101A may display only application icons recommended by the electronic device 100 other than the music application. In addition, the recommended icon 101A may be displayed as application icons of a plurality of applications as shown in (a) of fig. 7B, text prompt information, preview images of a plurality of application windows, and the like, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the presentation form of the recommended icon 101A.

As shown in (B) of fig. 7B, when the electronic device 100 opens a music application, the electronic device 100 may newly add an application window 101 displaying the music application in the user interface 10, the application window 101 being available for a music play page of the music application. In addition, the electronic device 100 can also display a recommendation icon 118 over the icon 103A in the taskbar 103, which icon 103A can be used to trigger the display or hiding of the application window 101.

Wherein the recommendation icon 118 is similar to the recommendation icon 101A shown in fig. 7B (a), a plurality of application icons may be included in the recommendation icon 118, and the recommendation icon 118 may be used to trigger updating the application window 101 to a combined window. The description of the recommendation icon 118 may correspond to the related content of the recommendation icon 101A shown in fig. 7B (a), and will not be repeated here.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may display the recommended icon 118 at the same time when the application window 101 is opened, or the electronic device 100 may trigger to display the recommended icon 118 when detecting that the cursor hovers over the icon 103A after the application window 101 is opened, which does not limit the timing of displaying the recommended icon 118 by the electronic device 100 in the embodiment of the present application.

Alternatively, the recommendation icon 101A shown in (a) in fig. 7B and the recommendation icon 118 shown in (B) in fig. 7B may include a preview of an application window corresponding to an application icon in addition to the application icon. In this way, the user can determine whether to update the application window 101 to the combined window based on the content of the preview. Or the electronic device 100 may display a preview of an application window recommended by the electronic device 100 upon detecting a cursor hovering over the recommendation icon 101A shown in (a) in fig. 7B or the recommendation icon 118 shown in (B) in fig. 7B.

Taking (a) in fig. 7B as an example, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the recommendation icon 101A, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 updates the application window 101 to a combination window 119 as shown in fig. 7C, the combination window 119 being a window combination according to a music application and a chat application, and the user can view contents of the music application and the chat application through the combination window 119. For details of the combination window 119, reference may be made to the related content of the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E, which is not described herein.

As can be seen from fig. 7A to fig. 7C, when an application window is opened, the electronic device 100 can automatically recommend a window that can be combined with the application window, so that the trouble of selecting an application window that needs to be combined by a user is reduced, an intelligent window combination experience is provided for the user, and the operation of the user is facilitated.

Fig. 8A-8G illustrate related user interfaces involved in implementing a combination of windows for a multi-tasking interface by electronic device 100.

Fig. 8A illustrates an exemplary user interface 10 in which a desktop of the electronic device 100 is located.

As shown in fig. 8A, the user interface 10 may include: dispatch center icon 103D. The dispatch center icon 103D may be used to trigger the display of a multi-tasking interface that may be used to display a preview of one or more windows that the electronic device 100 is currently opening or to display a preview of one or more windows that the electronic device 100 has opened over a recent period of time. The window may refer to an application window of an application, or may refer to a combined window formed by combining a plurality of application windows.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the dispatch center icon 103D, in response to which the electronic device 100 may display the user interface 20 as shown in fig. 8B or 8E, the user interface 20 may be a multi-tasking interface of the electronic device 100.

Fig. 8B-8D and 8E-8F below illustrate two different ways in which the electronic device 100 may implement a combination of windows in a multi-tasking interface.

As shown in fig. 8B, the user interface 20 may include: one or more device options 201, a window display area 202, a work area 203, a recommendation area 204. Wherein:

the one or more device options 201 may include one or more device options for indicating a display screen. Specifically, when the electronic device 100 detects an operation that a user drags a window displayed in the window display area 202 to one of the one or more device options 201, the electronic device 100 may switch the window to be displayed on the display screen indicated by the device option.

It should be appreciated that the display of device option indications in the one or more device options 201 may refer to a display in communication connection with the electronic device 100, which may include: wired connection and wireless connection, wherein the wireless connection may be a short range connection such as Wi-Fi connection, bluetooth connection, infrared connection, NFC connection, zigBee connection, etc., or a long range connection including but not limited to a long range connection of a mobile network based on 2g,3g,4g,5g and subsequent standard protocols. The relationship between the display screen indicated by the device option and the electronic device 100 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In addition, the display screen may be a display screen having only a display function and not having a complete system processing function, or may be a display screen of a device having a complete system processing function.

Window display 202 may be used to display a preview of one or more windows currently opened by electronic device 100, or a preview of one or more windows that have been opened by electronic device 100 within a recent period of time. In addition, the electronic apparatus 100 may also detect a sliding operation acting on the window display area 202 up and down or left and right, and in response to this operation, the electronic apparatus 100 displays more hidden window preview images in the window display area 202. Specifically, the electronic device 100 may detect a user operation, for example, a click operation, on one of the window previews displayed in the window display area 202, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 displays a window corresponding to the preview for which the user operation is performed on the desktop.

Wherein the window display area 202 may include: preview 202A, preview 202B. Preview 202A may be used to display window content for a music application, which is a music playing page provided by the music application, and preview 202B may be used to display window content for a chat application, which is a group chat page provided by the chat application. When the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the preview image 202A, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 may display a window of a music application corresponding to the preview image 202A on a desktop, the window being used to display a music playing page, and similarly, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the preview image 202B, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 may display a window of a chat application corresponding to the preview image 202B on the desktop, the window being used to display a group chat page.

The workspace 203 may be used to drop a window preview drawn by a user from the window display 202 to the workspace 203, and the electronic device 100 may combine the windows corresponding to all of the window previews dropped in the workspace 203 into one combined window.

The recommendation area 204 may be used to display preview images of one or more application windows that may be used to instruct the electronic device 100 to recommend window combinations based on the preview images displayed in the window display area 202. The window combination includes a plurality of application windows, and the electronic device 100 may determine the window combination according to a history generated combination window or an application window associated with the combination window, and so on recommendation policy. The description of the recommendation window combination of the electronic device 100 may refer to the related content of the recommendation icon 101A in fig. 7B, which is not described herein. In addition, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the recommendation area 204, the electronic device 100 may display a combined window, which is a combination of a plurality of windows recommended in the recommendation area 204, on the desktop.

Illustratively, a window combination recommended by the electronic device 100 according to the preview image 202A may be displayed in the recommendation area 204, where the window combination includes a window corresponding to the preview image 202A, that is, an application window of a music application, and a window of a chat application recommended by the electronic device 100 according to the application window of the music application. The application window of the music application and the application window of the chat application may be application windows included in a combination window obtained by combining the history of the electronic device 100. When the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the recommendation area 204, the electronic device 100 may display a combined window of application windows of the music application and the chat application combined on the desktop.

It will be appreciated that one or more workspaces 203 may be included in the user interface 20, and that when the user interface 20 includes multiple workspaces 203, the user may simultaneously edit multiple workspaces 203, enabling the user to generate multiple combined windows at one time via the multi-tasking interface. Additionally, one or more recommendation fields 204 may be included in the user interface 20, and when the user interface 20 includes multiple recommendation fields 204, the electronic device 100 may display multiple window combinations recommended according to multiple preview images in the window display field 202. Thus, the user can select a window combination desired by the user from among a plurality of window combinations. Or the electronic device 100 may display only one recommendation area 204, where the window combination recommended in the recommendation area 204 is updated every time period, and the window combination that is updated sequentially may be a window combination that is recommended sequentially according to the plurality of preview images sequentially displayed in the window display area 202. The number of the working areas 203 and the recommendation areas 204 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that only the working areas 203 or the recommendation areas 204 may be displayed in the user interface 20.

As shown in fig. 8B, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation applied to the preview image 202A to the work area 203, and in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 newly displays the preview image 203A shown in fig. 8C in the work area 203, and the preview image 203A may be a deformed preview image after the preview image 202A is dragged to the work area 203. For example, the preview image 203A may be a preview image obtained by further adding an application icon corresponding to the preview image 202A after the preview image 202A is reduced in size. The embodiment of the application does not limit the presentation form of the preview 203A.

In some implementations, during the detection of a drag operation by the electronic device 100 on the preview image 202A, the electronic device 100 may display a screenshot of the preview image 202A that moves following the drag operation, and during the drag, the preview image 202A remains displayed in place.

In other embodiments, the preview 202A may be moved following the drag operation during which the electronic device 100 detects the drag operation of the preview 202A, and then the preview 202A is no longer displayed in the home position of the preview 202A after the electronic device 100 drags the preview 202A to the workspace 203.

It can be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may add preview images in the working area 203, and when the number of preview images is greater than or equal to 2, automatically trigger to combine windows corresponding to the preview images included in the working area 203, so as to generate a combined window. Or the electronic device 100 may trigger to combine windows corresponding to the preview images included in the workspace 203 to generate a combined window when detecting a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the workspace 203. In the embodiment of the application, when the electronic device 100 detects the drag operation on the preview image to the working area, the electronic device 100 does not limit the time for generating the combined window.

As shown in fig. 8C, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation applied to the preview image 202B to the work area 203, and in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 newly displays the preview image 203B shown in fig. 8D in the work area 203, and the preview image 203B may be a deformed preview image after the preview image 202B is dragged to the work area 203. Similar to the preview 203A, the preview 203B may be a preview obtained by further adding an application icon corresponding to the preview 202B after the preview 202B is reduced in size. The embodiment of the application does not limit the presentation form of the preview 203B.

As shown in fig. 8D, the electronic device 100 may detect a user operation, such as a clicking operation, on the workspace 203, and in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 may combine the application windows corresponding to the preview images currently included in the workspace 203 into one combined window, and display the combined window on the desktop, where the display content of the desktop may be displayed as the user interface 10 shown in fig. 8G, and is not expanded first.

It may be understood that the preview image included in the working area 203 may be a preview image of a combined window in addition to a preview image of an application window, that is, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation of the preview image of the combined window to the working area 203 by the user, and newly display the preview image of the combined window in the working area 203, so that the electronic device 100 may combine the combined window and the application window to generate another combined window.

Fig. 8E shows a multitasking interface displayed by the electronic device 100 in response to a user operation on the dispatch center icon 103D shown in fig. 8A after detecting the operation. For a specific description of the multi-task interface, reference may be made to the relevant content of the user interface 20 shown in fig. 8B, which is not described herein.

In addition, in the window display area 202 of the user interface 20, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation performed by the user on one preview image to another preview image, and combine windows corresponding to the two preview images based on the drag operation, so as to generate a combined window.

As shown in fig. 8E, the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation on the preview image 202B to the preview image 202A, and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 displays the user interface 20 as shown in fig. 8F.

Alternatively, during the drag of the preview image 202B by the electronic device 100, the preview image 202B may be moved following the drag operation by the user.

As shown in fig. 8F, the user interface 20 may include: a preview 202C, the preview 202C indicating a combined window of windows of a music application and a chat application, the preview 202C being operable to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the combined window on a desktop.

For example, the preview 202C may be displayed as a preview corresponding to a plurality of windows superimposed one on top of the other. The plurality of preview images may include: preview 202A and preview 202B shown in fig. 8E.

Further, the electronic device 100 may further detect a drag operation of the preview image in the window display area 202 to the preview image 202C, update the preview image 202C, and the updated preview image 202C may be composed of three preview images stacked one above the other. Assuming that the preview of the user's drag operation corresponds to the notepad application window, the updated preview 202C is used to indicate a combined window of the music application, chat application, and notepad application. It can be seen that, in addition to the electronic device 100 may detect a drag operation applied to the preview image of one application window to the preview image of another application window, the electronic device 100 may obtain the preview image of the combined window, so that the electronic device 100 may obtain one combined window, may also detect a drag operation applied to the preview image of one application window to the preview image of the combined window, so that the electronic device 100 may newly add an application window combined in the combined window, or the electronic device 100 may also detect a drag operation applied to one combined window to one application window, so that the electronic device 100 may newly add an application window combined in the combined window, or the electronic device 100 may also detect a drag operation applied to one combined window to another combined window, so that the electronic device 100 may obtain a combined window combined by application windows included in the two combined windows.

As shown in fig. 8F, the electronic device 100 may detect a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the preview 202C, in response to which the electronic device 100 may display the user interface 10 as shown in fig. 8G.

As shown in fig. 8G, the user interface 10 is a user interface where a desktop is located, and the user interface 10 may include: the windows 105 are combined. The combination window 105 may be a combination window formed by combining windows corresponding to the preview images included in the work area 203 shown in fig. 8D, or the combination window 105 may be a combination window indicated by the preview image 202C shown in fig. 8F. The combined window 105 is combined from a window of the music application and a window of the chat application, and a user can view contents of the music application and the chat application through the combined window 105. The details of the combination window 105 may be referred to in the foregoing description of fig. 2E, and will not be repeated here.

It will be appreciated that the electronic device 100 may automatically trigger the combination of the windows corresponding to the preview image 202A and the preview image 202B to generate a combined window when a drag operation on the preview image 202B to the preview image 202A is detected, or the electronic device 100 may combine the windows corresponding to the preview image 202A and the preview image 202B to generate a combined window when a user operation, such as a click operation, on the preview image 202C is detected. The embodiment of the application does not limit the time when the electronic device 100 detects the drag operation of the user on one preview image to another preview image, and the electronic device 100 generates the combination window.

As can be seen from fig. 8A-8D and 8G, the electronic device 100 may set a working area in the multi-task interface, a user may drag a preview image displayed in the multi-task interface to the working area, and the electronic device 100 may combine windows corresponding to a plurality of preview images included in the working area into a combined window, and display the combined window on a desktop. In this way, a completely new way of interaction may be provided for the electronic device 100 to generate the combined window.

As can be seen from fig. 8A, 8E-8G, the user can enable the electronic device 100 to generate a combined window by dragging the preview displayed in the multitasking interface to another preview, so as to provide another brand new interaction way for the electronic device 100 to generate the combined window.

It can be seen that the application windows are combined in the multitasking interface, the principle is similar to that of fig. 2A-2G, and the application windows are combined into a combined window by combining the application windows on the desktop through the combination operation of acting on the application windows, and the user selects the required application window by himself on the premise that the user knows the display content in the application window, so as to complete the combination of the application windows.

Fig. 9A-9D illustrate related user interfaces involved in switching display modes of a combination window by electronic device 100.

Fig. 9A shows the user interface 10 of the electronic device 100 displaying the combination window 105 and the application window 120 on the desktop, where the application window 120 is a window of a notepad application, and the combination window 105 is obtained by combining a window of a music application and a window of a chat application, where the window of the music application is used to display a music playing page of the music application, and the window of the chat application is used to display a group chat page of the chat application, and details about the description of the combination window 105 may be referred to the related content of fig. 2E, which is not repeated herein.

When the electronic apparatus 100 detects a click operation on the mode switching icon 1053A shown in fig. 9A, the electronic apparatus 100 may display the mode selection window 121 in response to the operation. The mode selection window 121 may be used to display a plurality of display mode options, and the electronic device 100 may change the display mode of the combination window, that is, change the display form of the combination window through the display mode options.

As shown in fig. 9A, the mode selection window 121 may include: TAB mode option 121A, split screen mode option 121B, size window mode option 121C, split window mode option 121D. Wherein:

The TAB mode option 121A is used to indicate a TAB display mode of the combination window. When the electronic device 100 generates a combined window from a plurality of application windows, the combined window is in the TAB display mode by default. In the TAB display mode, the combination window is displayed as only one window for displaying contents in a previous application window, and the user can switch the displayed contents in the window by an operation on a different application icon in the combination window.

The split screen mode option 121B is used to indicate the split screen display mode of the combination window. In the split screen mode, the combined window may be split into a plurality of application windows before being combined, and the plurality of application windows occupy a display area of the electronic device 100 in a split screen display manner.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the split screen mode option 121B shown in fig. 9A, the electronic device 100 may display the user interface 31 as shown in fig. 9B in response to the operation.

As shown in fig. 9B, the user interface 31 may include: application window 311 and application window 312. The application window 311 is a window of a music application for displaying a music play page of the music application, and the application window 312 is a window of a chat application for displaying a group chat page of the chat application. The application window 311 and the application window 312 have the same size, and the application window 311 and the application window 312 bisect the display area of the user interface 31 in a left-right split screen manner.

It can be appreciated that when the combined window 105 is formed by combining more than two application windows, the electronic device 100 may place the multiple windows in a 3-split, 4-split, 8-split, 16-split mode according to the number of application windows when the multiple application windows are displayed in a split manner by the electronic device 100.

The size window mode option 121C is used to indicate a size window display mode of the combined window. In the size window display mode, the combined window can be split into a plurality of application windows before being combined, one application window in the plurality of application windows is large in size, and other application windows are displayed in the form of thumbnail windows.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the large window mode option 121C shown in fig. 9A, the electronic device 100 may display the user interface 32 as shown in fig. 9C in response to the operation.

As shown in fig. 9C, the user interface 32 may include: application window 321 and application window 322. The application window 321 is a window of a music application for displaying a music playing page of the music application, and the application window 322 is a window of a chat application for displaying a group chat page of the chat application. Wherein the size of the application window 321 is larger than the size of the application window 322, the application window 322 is displayed on the right side of the user interface 32 in the form of a thumbnail window, and the application window 321 occupies the left side area except the application window 322 in the user interface 32.

In some implementations, the electronic device 100 can adjust the relative size of the application window displayed in the size window display mode. Illustratively, the electronic device 100 may detect an operation to move the right frame of the application window 321 to the left, in response to which the size of the application window 321 is reduced while the size of the application window 322 is enlarged, or an operation to move the right frame of the application window 321 to the right, in response to which the size of the application window 321 is enlarged while the size of the application window 322 is reduced, and similarly, the electronic device may also detect an operation to move the right frame of the application window 322 to the left, in response to which the size of the application window 321 is reduced, while the size of the application window 322 is enlarged, or an operation to move the left frame of the application window 322 to the right, in response to which the size of the application window 321 is enlarged while the size of the application window 322 is reduced.

Further, when the electronic device 100 detects that the mouse cursor hovers over the application window 322, the electronic device 100 may display a preview of the application window 322, through which the user may view the content in the application window 322 more clearly.

Further, when the electronic device 100 detects a click operation on the application window 322 shown in fig. 9C, the electronic device 100 may zoom out the application window 321 into a thumbnail window form and move to the right side of the user interface 32, and zoom in the size of the application window 322, and move the zoomed-in application window 322 to the left side of the user interface 32. In other words, the electronic device 100 transposes the display form of the application window 321 and the application window 322, which may include the size, position, and the like of the window.

The window mode option 121D is used to indicate a window display mode of the combined window. In the divided window display mode, the combined window may be split into a plurality of application windows before being combined, and the plurality of application windows are maintained as positions and sizes of the plurality of application windows before being combined. In addition, while the electronic device 100 splits the combined window into a plurality of application windows before being combined, the electronic device 100 hides other application windows except the plurality of application windows, so that only the plurality of application windows split by the combined window are displayed on the desktop.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the windowing mode option 121D shown in fig. 9A, the electronic device 100 displays the user interface 33 as shown in fig. 9D in response to the operation.

As shown in fig. 9D, the user interface 33 may include: application window 331 and application window 332. The application window 331 is a window of a music application for displaying a music play page of the music application, and the application window 332 is a window of a chat application for displaying a group chat page of the chat application.

Assuming that the combination window 105 shown in fig. 9A is a combination window obtained by combining the series of operations shown in fig. 2A to 2E, the application window 331 shown in fig. 9D may refer to the application window 101 shown in fig. 2A to 2D, the position and size of the application window 331 in the user interface 33 are the same as the position and size of the application window 101 in the user interface 10, and similarly, the application window 332 shown in fig. 9D may refer to the application window 102 shown in fig. 2A to 2D, the position and size of the application window 332 in the user interface 33 are the same as the position and size of the application window 102 in the user interface 10.

Wherein, when the user selects to display the combination window in the window display mode, it is equivalent to canceling the combination of the combination window. In contrast, the plurality of application windows displayed in the windowed display mode are still a plurality of windows combined together, and illustratively, each application window in the plurality of application windows displayed in the windowed display mode may display a combination identifier, where the combination identifier is used to indicate that the application window is a window after being combined. In addition, the multiple application windows combined together may always be at one layer, for example, when the user opens other application windows, the application window 331 and the application window 332 are blocked, and the user may make the two application windows simultaneously placed at the uppermost layer of the other windows by clicking on the application window 331 or the application window 332. Or when the user selects to display the combined window in the window display mode, the combined window is split into a plurality of application windows before being combined, which is equivalent to canceling the combination of the combined window. The embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

In addition, as can be seen from comparing fig. 9A and fig. 9D, in the window splitting display mode, the electronic device 100 not only splits the combined window 105 into the application window 331 and the application window 332, but also hides the application window 120, so that the electronic device 100 only displays a plurality of application windows obtained by splitting the combined window.

It will be appreciated that more or fewer display mode options may be included in the mode selection window 121 shown in fig. 9A. For example, the mode selection window 121 includes only a split screen mode option 121B, a size window mode option 121C, and a split window mode option 121D, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It will be appreciated that multiple display modes of the combined window, such as split screen display mode, size window display mode, split window display mode, may enable the combined window to be split into multiple application windows before being combined and displayed in a specified display form, in which case the multiple application windows are no longer combined when the combined window is switched to a display mode other than TAB display mode. Or the plurality of display modes are merely embodied such that the combination window can be made to assume a different display form, in which case, when the combination window is switched to a display mode other than the TAB display mode, the plurality of application windows are still combined together, and the different display modes merely cause the display form of the combination window to be changed. Further, when the combination window is in different display modes, the electronic device 100 may also provide corresponding options for the combination window to switch back and forth between the different display modes. For example, after the combination window 105 is switched from the TAB display mode to the divided window display mode, it is also possible to switch from the divided window display mode to the size window display mode, and so on, by a mode switching option.

As can be seen from fig. 9A to fig. 9D, in the process of displaying the combined window by the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 may change the display mode of the combined window according to the user operation, split the combined window into a plurality of application windows displayed before the combination, where the plurality of application windows may be displayed in a split screen display manner, may also be displayed in a size window manner, and may also maintain a display form before the combination, so that a user may conveniently view a plurality of application windows included in the combined window at the same time, and may conveniently perform an independent operation on a plurality of application windows included in the combined window by the user.

Fig. 10A-10D illustrate the electronic device 100 desktop of a combined window, involving a related user interface.

The desktop refers to a display area of the display screen in a normal state when the operating system is operated after the device is started. The user may place commonly used tools and files on the desktop for quick opening and viewing by the user. The window desktop can enable the window to independently form a desktop, only the window is independently displayed on the desktop, if a plurality of windows are opened by a user, the window can be isolated from other windows after one window is desktop by the user, the window is independently displayed on one desktop, the other windows are displayed on the other desktop, and the user can view the window and the other windows by switching the desktops. It can be seen that the desktop of the window can enable the user to focus on the desktop window only, so that the display content of other windows can be prevented from dispersing the attention of the user, and the desktop content is more convenient for the user to arrange.

Fig. 10A shows the user interface 10 with the electronic device 100 displaying the combination window 105 and the application window 120 on a desktop. Wherein the combined window 105 is a window obtained by combining a window of the electronic device 100 for a music application and a window of a chat application, and the application window 120 is a window of a notepad application. The details of the combination window 105 may be found in the foregoing descriptions of fig. 2A-2F, and will not be repeated here.

For example, the electronic device 100 may implement desktop of the combined window 105 by maximizing display of the combined window 105, or switching the display mode of the combined window 105 to a split screen display mode or a size window display mode, or the like, and after desktop of the combined window 105, the electronic device 100 only displays the content in the combined window 105 on the desktop, and does not display the content of other windows, so that an effect that a user views the content in an application window included in the combined window 105 in an immersive manner may be implemented.

The electronic device 100 may desktop the combination window 105 by a user operation acting on the split screen mode option 121B or the size window mode option 121C shown in fig. 9A, and for details about switching the display mode of the combination window 105 to the split screen display mode or the size window display mode, reference may be made to the foregoing contents of fig. 9A to 9C, which are not repeated herein.

It can be appreciated that the triggering manner of the window desktop is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, for example, the electronic device 100 may also detect a right click operation acting on the combined window, and display an option for triggering the window desktop.

The electronic device 100 will be further described with respect to the case where the electronic device 100 maximizes the display of the combination window 105.

As shown in fig. 10A, the combination window 105 may include: maximize icon 1055A. The maximize icon 1055A may be used to maximize the combined window 105. When the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the maximize icon 1055A, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 maximizes the combination window 105, and the maximized combination window 105 can be referred to as the combination window 105 shown in fig. 10B.

As shown in fig. 10B, the combination window 105 occupies a display area other than the taskbar 103 in the user interface 40. In addition, when the electronic device 100 detects that the cursor hovers over the dispatch center icon 103D in the taskbar 103, the electronic device 100 may display a dispatch window 401 in the user interface 40.

Wherein the scheduling window 401 may include: a first preview 401A, a second preview 401B, a new desktop icon 401C. The first preview 401A and the second preview 401B are used to indicate desktop 1 and desktop 2, respectively. The first preview 401A is displayed as a thumbnail of the desktop combined window 105, the second preview 401B is displayed as a thumbnail of the application window 120, which is another window opened by the electronic device 100 except for the combined window 105, the first preview 401A may be used to trigger displaying the desktop 1, and the second preview 401B may be used to trigger displaying the desktop 2. The newly built desktop icon 401C is used to trigger a newly built desktop.

It can be seen that after the electronic device 100 desktop the combined window 105, the combined window 105 is separated into display contents on the desktop 1 alone, and at the same time, the other windows except the combined window 105, i.e., the application window 120, are separated into display contents on the desktop 2.

For example, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the first preview image 401A, the electronic device 100 may display only the desktop-up combined window 105, such as the maximized combined window 105, on the desktop 1. When the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the second preview image 401B, the electronic device 100 may display only the combination window 114 on the desktop 2, for example, the user interface 10 shown in fig. 10A with the combination window 105 removed. When the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the newly built desktop icon 401C, the electronic device 100 may newly build a desktop 3 and display the newly built desktop, which may not include any window, for example, as the user interface 10 shown in fig. 10A after removing the combination window 105 and the application window 120.

Fig. 10C shows the display content on the desktop 1. As shown in fig. 10C, when the electronic apparatus 100 detects a user operation, such as an operation to slide left, acting on the user interface 40, in response to the operation, the electronic apparatus 100 switches from the desktop 1 to the desktop 2 as shown in fig. 10D.

As shown in fig. 10D, the user interface 10 includes: an application window 120, the application window 120 being a window of a notepad application.

Further, the electronic device 100 may also detect an operation to slide left on the user interface 10 shown in fig. 10D, continue displaying the next desktop, or return to the first desktop. Or the electronic device 100 may detect an operation to slide rightward against the user interface 10 shown in fig. 10D, and return to displaying the last desktop.

As can be seen from fig. 10A to fig. 10D, the electronic device 100 may desktop a combined window formed by combining a plurality of application windows, so that the electronic device 100 may display the combined window and other windows on different desktops separately, and a user may quickly complete the switching display between the combined window and other windows by switching the desktop.

Fig. 11A-11D illustrate related user interfaces involved in the electronic device 100 receiving a new message notification during the display of a combined window.

If the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification during the process of displaying the combined window, when the electronic device 100 detects an operation of opening a window corresponding to the new message notification by a user, the electronic device 100 may display the window corresponding to the new message notification on another display screen connected to the electronic device 100, or combine the window corresponding to the new message notification into the currently displayed combined window. Here, the user interface involved in displaying a window corresponding to a new message on another display screen with respect to the electronic device 100 may be referred to fig. 11A to 11B, and the user interface involved in combining a window corresponding to a notification of the new message into a currently displayed combined window with respect to the electronic device 100 may be referred to fig. 11C to 11D.

In addition, the combination window displayed by the electronic device 100 may be a combination window in a preset state. For example, the combined window in the preset state may refer to a desktop combined window, such as a maximized combined window, a combined window displayed in a split screen display mode or a size window display mode. That is, when the electronic device 100 displays the combined window in the preset state, if a new message notification is received, the electronic device 100 may provide an option of user interaction, display a window corresponding to the new message notification on another display screen based on a user operation, or combine it into the currently displayed combined window. For details about the desktop combined window, refer to fig. 10A to 10D, and details are not repeated here.

As shown in fig. 11A, in the process that the electronic device 100 displays the combined window 105 in the large window display mode on the display screen 1, the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification of a meeting reminder, which may be expressed as a prompt 323, for example, where the prompt 323 is used to prompt the user that a meeting schedule currently exists, and the prompt 323 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open a window indicated by the meeting schedule. For a specific description of the combined window 105 in the size window display mode, reference may be made to the foregoing related content of fig. 9C, and details are not repeated here.

The prompt 323 may include: a display meeting option 323A and a local meeting option 323B. The display meeting option 323A may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open a window of the meeting calendar indication, and display the window on another display screen connected to the electronic device 100, that is, display screen 2; the native meeting option 323B may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open a window in which the meeting schedule is located and to combine the window into the combined window 105 for display.

It can be appreciated that the new message notification may be, in addition to the prompt information 323 for reminding the meeting shown in fig. 11A, chat information sent by other users provided by the chat application, application update information provided by the application market, and the like, and the content of the new message notification is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may display the prompt 323 including the display meeting option 323A and the local meeting option 323B only when the combination window 105 is in the preset state. When the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification when the displayed combination window 105 is a combination window in the TAB display mode, the new message notification may not include a display meeting option and a local meeting option, and the new message notification is only used to prompt the user that a meeting schedule currently exists, or is only used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a window corresponding to the new message notification in an overlapping manner on the currently displayed combination window 105.

As shown in fig. 11B, when the electronic apparatus 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the display conference option 323A, the electronic apparatus 100 displays a window of a conference schedule indication on the display screen 2 shown in fig. 11B. And, the content displayed by the original display screen 1 remains unchanged.

As shown in fig. 11C, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the local meeting option 323B, in response to which the electronic device 100 opens a window of the meeting schedule indication and combines the windows into the combined window 105, the electronic device 100 may update the user interface 32 shown in fig. 11C to the user interface 32 shown in fig. 11D.

Compared to the user interface 32 shown in fig. 11C, the application window 321 is switched to a thumbnail window and displayed on the right side of the user interface 32 together with the application window 322, and an application window 324 is newly added to the user interface 32 shown in fig. 11D, the application window 324 is a window indicated by a meeting schedule, and the application window 324 is displayed in the user interface 32 in a display form of the original application window 321.

It will be appreciated that when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation on the native meeting option 323B while displaying the combination window in TAB mode, the electronic device 100 may update the combination window including the application icon corresponding to the window of the newly added meeting calendar indication in the combination window and display the content in the window of the meeting calendar indication in the window content presentation area.

It can be seen that fig. 11A-11B and fig. 11C-11D respectively show two different processing schemes provided by the electronic device 100 when the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification in the process of displaying the combined window, one is to display an application window corresponding to the new message on another display screen, and one is to combine the application window into the combined window obtained by the current combination for displaying.

It will be understood that the schemes shown in fig. 11A-11B and fig. 11C-11D are independent of each other, and the electronic device 100 may only provide the scheme shown in fig. 11A-11B, where the prompt message 323 shown in fig. 11A may only include the display meeting option 323A, and does not include the local meeting option 323B, or further, the prompt message 323 may also not include the display meeting option 323A, and the prompt message 323 may be directly used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a window corresponding to the prompt message 323 on another display screen. Similarly, the electronic device 100 may only provide the solution shown in fig. 11C-11D, where in this case, the prompt message 323 shown in fig. 11C may only include the local conference entering option 323B, and does not include the display conference entering option 323A, or further, the prompt message 323 may also not include the local conference entering option 323B, and the prompt message 323 may be directly used to trigger the electronic device 100 to combine the window corresponding to the prompt message 323 into the currently displayed combination window. The embodiment of the application does not limit the display form of the prompt message 323.

As can be seen from fig. 11A-11D, when the electronic device 100 displays the combined window in the preset state, if the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification, the electronic device 100 may provide a control for triggering the window corresponding to the new message notification to be displayed on another display screen, and/or a control for triggering the combination of the new message notification to the currently displayed combined window, so that the user opens the window corresponding to the new message notification.

Fig. 12A-12B illustrate related user interfaces involved in sharing a combined window to another display screen for display by the electronic device 100 through a drag operation.

For example, the display 1 shown in fig. 12A to 12B is a display that is originally used for displaying a combination window, and the display 2 is a display that is used for displaying a combination window after sharing the combination window. Illustratively, the display 1 may refer to a display configured by default of the electronic device 100, and the display 2 may be a display having a communication connection relationship with the electronic device 100 based on an operation of a user. The description of the display screen in communication connection with the electronic device 100 may be referred to in fig. 8B as related description of one or more device options 201, and will not be repeated here.

As shown in fig. 12A to 12B, when the electronic device 100 detects a drag operation of the combination window 105 from the area where the display screen 1 is located to the area where the display screen 2 is located, the electronic device 100 drags the combination window 105 from the display screen 1 to the display screen 2 to display, and during the drag, the position of the combination window 105 moves following the movement of the cursor position.

As can be seen from fig. 12A-12B, a user can drag the combination window from one display screen to another display screen for display by dragging the combination window, thereby providing convenience for the user to view the combination window on different display screens.

Fig. 13A-13D illustrate related user interfaces involved in sharing a portion of a window contained in a combined window to another display screen for display by the electronic device 100 through manipulation of controls.

For example, fig. 13A to 13D show a display screen 1 that is originally used for displaying a combined window, and a display screen 2 that is used for displaying a partial window after sharing the partial window in the combined window. Illustratively, the display 1 may refer to a display configured by default of the electronic device 100, and the display 2 may be a display having a connection relationship with the electronic device 100 based on a user operation. The description of the display screen in communication connection with the electronic device 100 may be referred to in fig. 8B as related description of one or more device options 201, and will not be repeated here.

Fig. 13A shows user interface 10 of electronic device 100 displaying a combination window 122 on a desktop. Wherein the combination window 122 is a window combination according to a music application, a chat application, and a notepad application.

As shown in fig. 13A, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation of the combination window 122, illustratively, a right click operation on the blank of the toolbar 122A of the combination window 122, in response to this operation, the electronic device 100 newly displays the option bar 123 shown in fig. 13B in the user interface 10.

As shown in fig. 13B, the option bar 123 may include: window switching option 123A, partial window switching option 123B. The window switching option 123A may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to switch the combined window 122 to other display screens for display, and the partial window switching option 123B may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to switch a partial application window included in the combined window 122 to other display screens for display.

Illustratively, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, on the window switching option 123A, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 switches the combined window 122 from the currently displayed display screen 1 to another display screen, such as display screen 2, for display.

As shown in fig. 13C, when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation, such as a click operation, acting on the partial window switching option 123B, in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 splits the combination window 122 into an application window 124 and a combination window 125 as shown in (a) and (B) in fig. 13D. Wherein the application window 124 is a window of a music application, the combined window 125 is formed by combining a chat application and a notepad application, the application window 124 is displayed on the display screen 1, and the combined window 125 is displayed on the display screen 2.

It should be appreciated that when the electronic device 100 detects a user operation on the partial window switching option 123B, the electronic device 100 may split the combined window 122, and the windows displayed on different display screens may be determined by the electronic device 100 according to a preset rule, or may be determined based on a selection of the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the preset rule may mean that the electronic device 100 may keep an application window corresponding to the application icon in the selected state in the current combined window 122 on a display screen (i.e. display screen 1) displayed in the current combined window 122 for displaying, and display other application window combinations included in the combined window 122 on another display screen (i.e. display screen 2). Determining based on the user's selection may mean that when the electronic device 100 detects the user operation on the partial window switching option 123B, the electronic device 100 may further determine a window reserved for display on the display screen 1 and switch to a window displayed on the display screen 2 according to the user's selection of the application icon included in the combined window 122.

As can be seen from fig. 13C-13D, after the electronic device 100 detects the user operation on the partial window switching option 123B, the combination window 122 originally displayed on the display screen 1 is updated to be the application window 124, the application window 124 is a window of the music application split in the middle combination window 122, the combination window 125 is newly displayed on the display screen 2, and the combination window 125 is a combination of the chat application and the notepad application contained in the combination window 122. That is, the partial window switch option 123B may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to split the combined window 105 into two parts and display them on different display screens, respectively.

In general, assuming that the display screen of the electronic device 100 includes N, when the electronic device 100 detects an operation acting on a partial window switching option in a combined window, the electronic device 100 may split the combined window into N windows, which may include: an application window, and/or a combined window formed by combining a plurality of application windows, and the electronic device 100 may display the N windows on the N display screens, respectively. It should be understood that the electronic device 100 may automatically split the combined window based on a preset rule, or split the combined window based on a selection of a user, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the windows displayed on different display screens.

As can be seen from fig. 13A-13D, the electronic device 100 may split the combined window into multiple windows to be displayed on different display screens, so that a user may simultaneously view contents of the multiple windows included in the combined window through the multiple display screens.

The following describes the flow of the multi-window management method provided by the embodiment of the application.

Fig. 14 is a flow chart of a multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 14, the multi-window management method includes:

S101, electronic equipment 100 displays a first window and a second window, wherein first content of a first application is displayed in the first window, second content of a second application is displayed in the second window, and the first application and the second application are different applications.

The first application and the second application may be cameras, gallery, calendar, call, map, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short message, etc., and the first window may display any content of the first application, and the second window may display any content of the second application.

For example, the first window may be the application window 101 shown in fig. 2A, the first application may be a music application, the first content may be a music playing page of the music application, the second window may be the application window 102 shown in fig. 2A, the second application may be a chat application, and the second content may be a group chat page of the chat application.

S102. the electronic device 100 detects a first operation acting on the first window and the second window.

Wherein the first operation is used to trigger a combination of the first window and the second window, the first operation is not limited to a single click, a voice command input, or the like.

Specifically, the first operation includes a selection operation of the first window and the second window, or the first operation includes an operation of dragging the first window toward the second window, or the first operation includes an operation of combining options. That is, the user may implement combining the windows selected by the user by selecting the windows to be combined, i.e., the first window and the second window, or the user may trigger all windows displayed on the electronic device 100 by operating on the combination control, or the user may combine the windows selected by the user, or the user may trigger the combination of the first window and the second window by dragging the first window to the second window.

For example, the first operation may include a selection operation of the application window 101 as shown in fig. 2A, and a selection operation of the application window 102 as shown in fig. 2B, and further include a click operation of the combination option 104A as shown in fig. 2C to 2D.

S103, in response to a first operation, the electronic device 100 displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first region, wherein the first region displays the first content.

Wherein the first and second identifications may be displayed as application icons, preview images of windows, window title text, and the like. The embodiment of the application does not limit the display forms of the first mark and the second mark.

For example, the first combination window may be the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E. The first identifier may be a first application icon 1051A shown in fig. 2E, the second identifier may be a second application icon 1052A shown in fig. 2E, and the first region may be a window content presentation area 105B shown in fig. 2E.

In one possible implementation, in response to the first operation, the electronic device 100 may also display a third icon (e.g., icon 103C shown in fig. 2E) on the taskbar or desktop, the third icon corresponding to the first combined window. Wherein the electronic device 100 may detect a user operation on the third icon, and display or hide the first combination window on the desktop.

S104, the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation acting on the second identifier.

The selection operation may be a click, a voice command input, or the like. For example, the selection operation may be a click operation on the second application icon 1052A as shown in fig. 2E.

S105, the electronic device 100 updates the first content in the first area to the second content.

Referring to fig. 2E to 2F, in response to a click operation on the second application icon 1052A, the content in the window content presentation area 105B of the combination window 105 is updated from a music play page to a group chat page.

When the first content is displayed in the first area, the first identifier is selected, and the electronic device 100 updates the first content in the first area to the second content. Wherein the selection of the logo may appear as a change in the display effect of the background color, shading, transparency, size, location, etc. of the logo.

For example, referring to fig. 2E-2F, when the first application icon 1051A is selected, the background color of the first application icon 1051A is darkened, the content displayed in the window content display area 105B is a music playing page, and when the second application icon 1052A is selected, the background color of the second application icon 1052A is darkened, the content displayed in the window content display area 105B is a group chat page, as in fig. 2F.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may detect a seventh operation, in response to which the first combined window is updated to the first window and the second window. For example, the seventh operation may refer to a user operation on the windowed mode option 121D shown in fig. 9A. That is, in the process of displaying the combination window by the electronic device 100, when the user selects to display the combination window in the window division mode, it is equivalent to splitting the combination window into a plurality of windows before combination.

In general, the electronic device 100 may combine multiple application windows into one combined window through a combination operation of a user acting on the multiple application windows, where the combined window may display contents in any one of the multiple application windows before the combination, and the combined window reduces an area occupied by the multiple application windows, so that a user interface is cleaner and tidier.

Fig. 15 is a flowchart of another multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 15, the multi-window management method includes:

S201. the electronic device 100 displays a first icon of the first application and a second icon of the second application.

The first icon may be an application icon of a first application, the first icon being operable to trigger the opening of the first application, and the second icon may be an application icon of a second application, the second icon being operable to trigger the opening of the second application. The first icon or the second icon may be displayed on a desktop or in a status bar, and the display position of the first icon or the second icon is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

For example, the first icon may be the application icon 110 shown in fig. 4A, the first application may be a music application, the second icon may be the application icon 107 shown in fig. 4B, and the second application may be a gallery application. For another example, the first icon may be icon 103B shown in fig. 5A, the first application may be a chat application, the second icon may be icon 103A shown in fig. 5A, and the second application may be a music application.

S202. the electronic device 100 detects a second operation acting on the first icon and the second icon.

For example, the second operation may include a selection operation of the first icon and the second icon, or the second operation includes an operation of dragging the first icon toward the second icon, or the second operation includes an operation for a combination control.

For example, the second operation may include a selection operation on the application icon 110 shown in fig. 4A and a selection operation on the application icon 107 shown in fig. 4B, or further, the second operation may include a drag operation shown in fig. 4C, a shake operation shown in fig. 4D, and a click operation on the combination option 112 shown in fig. 4E.

S203, in response to the second operation, the electronic device 100 displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first area, wherein the first area displays first content of the first application.

For example, the first combined window may be the combined window 114 shown in fig. 4F, and for another example, the first combined window may be the combined window 115 shown in fig. 5C. For a specific description of the combination window 114 and the combination window 115, reference may be made to the foregoing description of the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E, which is not repeated here.

S204. the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation acting on the second identifier.

S205, the electronic device 100 updates the first content in the first area to the second content of the second application.

For the specific description of steps S203 to S205, reference may be made to the relevant content of steps S103 to S105, which is not described here again.

In general, the electronic device 100 may open applications corresponding to the plurality of application icons based on a combination operation of the application icons by the user, and combine windows displayed when the plurality of applications are opened into one combined window, so that the operation of the user is facilitated, and meanwhile, the cleanliness of the desktop is improved.

Fig. 16 is a flowchart of another multi-window management method according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 16, the multi-window management method may include:

S301, the electronic device 100 displays a first preview of a first window and a second preview of a second window, wherein the first window displays first content of a first application, and the second window displays second content of a second application.

The first preview image may be displayed as a preview image of the application content displayed in the first window, and the second preview image may be displayed as a preview image of the application content displayed in the second window.

For example, the first preview may refer to preview 202B shown in fig. 8B, the second preview may refer to preview 202A shown in fig. 8B, the first application may refer to a chat application, the first content may refer to a group chat page, the second application may refer to a music application, and the second content may refer to a music play page.

In one implementation, before the electronic device 100 displays the first preview of the first window and the second preview of the second window, the method may further include: the electronic device 100 detects a fourth operation (e.g., a user operation on the dispatch center icon 103D shown in fig. 8A) that may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a multi-tasking interface, in which case the electronic device 100 may display a multi-tasking interface (e.g., the user interface 20 shown in fig. 8B) and display the first and second previews through the multi-tasking interface in response to the fourth operation.

S302, the electronic device 100 detects a third operation on the first preview and the second preview.

Wherein the third operation includes, but is not limited to, clicking, long pressing, voice command input, and the like.

Illustratively, the third operation includes: an operation of dragging the first preview image to the second preview image, for example, an operation of dragging the preview image 202B to the preview image 202A shown in fig. 8E; or the third operation comprises: the operation of dragging the first preview and the second preview to the second area, for example, the second area is the work area 203 shown in fig. 8B, and the third operation includes the operation of dragging the preview 202A to the work area 203 shown in fig. 8B and the operation of dragging the preview 202B to the work area 203 shown in fig. 8C.

S303, the electronic device 100 displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first region, wherein the first region displays the first content.

For example, the first combination window may refer to the combination window 105 shown in fig. 8G, and the description of the combination window 105 may refer to the related content of fig. 2E, which is not described herein.

S304. the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation acting on the second identifier.

S305, the electronic device 100 updates the first content in the first area to the second content.

For the specific description of steps S303-S305, reference may be made to the relevant content of steps S103-S105, which is not described here again.

In general, the electronic device 100 may combine the plurality of application windows into one combined window based on a combining operation of the user on the preview of the application windows, so that the user may select an application window to be combined according to the font on the premise that the display content in the application window is known, and complete the combination of the application windows.

As shown in fig. 17, the multi-window management method may include:

S401. the electronic device 100 detects a fifth operation for opening the first application.

For example, the fifth operation may refer to a user operation on the application icon 110 shown in fig. 7A, and the first application may refer to a music application.

S402, the electronic device 100 displays a first window, and the first window displays first content of a first application.

For example, the first window may refer to the application window 101 shown in (a) or (B) in fig. 7B. The first application may be referred to as a music application and the first content may be referred to as a music playing page.

S403, the electronic device 100 detects a sixth operation acting on the recommendation icon.

In one possible implementation, the recommendation icon is located in the first window, or the recommendation icon is located within a first range of application icons of the first window or the first application.

For example, referring to (a) in fig. 7B, the recommendation icon may refer to the recommendation icon 101A. For another example, referring to fig. 7B (B), the recommendation icon may refer to recommendation icon 118, the application icon of the first application may refer to icon 103A, and the recommendation icon 118 is located above the icon 103A.

In one possible implementation, the recommendation icon may include: an application icon of the first application and an application icon of the second application. In another possible implementation, the recommendation icon may include: a preview of a window of the first application and a preview of a window of the second application. The embodiment of the application does not limit the content displayed in the recommended icon.

S404, the electronic equipment displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first region, wherein the first region displays the first content.

For example, the first combination window may refer to the combination window 119 shown in fig. 7C. For details of the combination window 119, reference may be made to the related content of the combination window 105 shown in fig. 2E, which is not described herein.

S405. the electronic device 100 detects a selection operation acting on the second identifier.

S406, the electronic device 100 updates the first content in the first area to the second content of the second application.

The specific description of steps S404 to S406 may refer to the relevant content of steps S103 to S105, and will not be repeated here.

In one possible implementation, the second application is associated with the first application in a preset manner, or the electronic device 100 has historically generated a combined window for displaying the second application and the content of the first application, or the electronic device 100 has historically generated a combined window for displaying the first content and the second content, or the first content and the second content overlap. The preset association between the second application and the first application may mean that the second application is the same type of application as the first application, for example, the first application and the second application both belong to a game application, or the second application is an application that is commonly used with the first application for a user determined based on big data, for example, the first application is a conference application, and the second application is a memo application. The embodiment of the application does not limit the preset association.

In general, when an application window is opened, the electronic device 100 can automatically recommend a window that can be combined with the application window, so that the trouble of selecting the application window that needs to be combined by a user is reduced, an intelligent window combination experience is provided for the user, and the operation of the user is facilitated.

The method flow of the multi-window management method shown in fig. 14, 15, 16, and 17 is combined.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may detect a seventh operation, in response to which the first combined window is updated to the third window and the fourth window; the third window displays the first content, and the fourth window displays the second content. For example, the first combination window may refer to the combination window 105 shown in fig. 9A, the seventh operation may refer to a user operation acting on the split screen mode option 121B shown in fig. 9A, in which case the third window may refer to the application window 311 shown in fig. 9B, and the fourth window may refer to the application window 312 shown in fig. 9B. For another example, the seventh operation may refer to a user operation acting on the size window mode option 121C shown in fig. 9A, in which case the third window may refer to the application window 321 shown in fig. 9C, and the fourth window may refer to the application window 322 shown in fig. 9C. For another example, the seventh operation may refer to a user operation acting on the windowed mode option 121D shown in fig. 9A, in which case the third window may refer to the application window 331 shown in fig. 9D, and the fourth window may refer to the application window 332 shown in fig. 9D. For another example, the first combination window may refer to the combination window 122 shown in fig. 13A, and the seventh operation may include a right click operation shown in fig. 13A, and a user operation for the partial window switching option 123B shown in fig. 13C.

Specifically, the electronic device 100 may update the first combined window to the third window and the fourth window, or update the first combined window to the third window and the fourth window displayed in a left-right size. That is, the electronic device 100 may split the combined window into a plurality of windows displayed in a split screen or a plurality of windows displayed in the form of a size window based on an operation on the combined window. Thus, the user can conveniently and simultaneously check a plurality of application windows contained in the combined window, and can conveniently and independently operate the plurality of application windows contained in the combined window.

Further, when the electronic device 100 includes a first display screen and a second display screen, the first combined window may be displayed on the first display screen, and updating the first combined window to the third window and the fourth window by the electronic device 100 may be specifically that the electronic device 100 updates the first combined window displayed on the first display screen to the third window and displays the fourth window on the second display screen. For example, referring to fig. 13C, 13D (a) and (b), the first display may refer to the display 1 shown in fig. 13C and 13D (a), the second display may refer to the display 2 shown in fig. 13D (b), the third window may refer to the application window 124 shown in fig. 13D (a), and the fourth window may refer to the combination window 125 shown in fig. 13D (b).

In one possible implementation, the first combination window further includes: a first option (e.g., mode switch icon 1053A shown in fig. 9A), in response to which the electronic device 100 may detect an eighth operation acting on the first option, a first option bar (e.g., mode selection window 121 shown in fig. 9A) is displayed that includes one or more mode options, wherein a seventh operation may refer specifically to a seventh operation acting on a first mode option of the one or more mode options. That is, during the process of displaying the combination window by the electronic device 100, the electronic device may provide one or more modes for the user to choose, and the electronic device 100 may change the display form of the combination window according to the mode chosen by the user.

In one possible implementation, when the electronic device 100 displays the first combined window, a fifth window (for example, the application window 120 shown in fig. 9A) is displayed, in which case, after detecting the seventh operation, the electronic device 100 may stop displaying the fifth window in addition to updating the first combined window. Referring to fig. 9A and 9D, when the electronic device 100 displays a combined window in the windowed mode, the electronic device 100 may hide other windows displayed by the electronic device 100 when the combined window is displayed. In this way, the user may be enabled to focus only on the content presented by the combination window.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may include a first display screen and a second display screen, where the first combined window is displayed on the first display screen, after the electronic device 100 updates the first window and the second window to the first combined window, the electronic device 100 may further display a first prompt (e.g., the prompt 323 shown in fig. 11A) on the first display screen, where the first prompt corresponds to a sixth window, the electronic device 100 may detect a ninth operation on the first prompt (e.g., a user operation on the display meeting option 323A shown in fig. 11A), and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 may display the sixth window (e.g., the window displayed on the display screen 2 shown in fig. 11B) on the second display screen. That is, when the electronic device 100 receives the notification of the new message during the process of displaying the combined window, the electronic device 100 may display the application window corresponding to the new message on another display screen, so that the user can conveniently view the application window corresponding to the new message on the premise of not affecting the display of the combined window.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may display a first prompt (e.g., the prompt 323 shown in fig. 11C) corresponding to the third content, the electronic device 100 may detect a tenth operation on the first prompt (e.g., the user operation on the native meeting option 323B shown in fig. 11C), and in response to the operation, the electronic device 100 may update the first combined window to a second combined window (e.g., the combined window displayed in the user interface 32 shown in fig. 11D) in which: the first identifier, the second identifier, the third identifier, and the first region, the first region displaying the third content. That is, when the electronic device 100 receives a new message notification in the process of displaying the combination window, the electronic device 100 may combine the application window corresponding to the new message notification into the combination window obtained by the current combination, and display the content in the application window in the combination window.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device 100 may include a first display screen and a second display screen, the first combined window being displayed on the first display screen, and the electronic device 100 may detect an operation to drag the first combined window from the first display screen to the second display screen (e.g., a drag operation shown in fig. 12A-12B), in response to which the electronic device 100 displays the first combined window on the second display screen. That is, the user can drag the combined window from one display screen to another display screen for display by dragging the combined window, so that convenience is provided for the user to view the combined window on different display screens.

It will be appreciated that, for the details not mentioned in the steps S101-S105, S201-S205, S301-S305 and S401-S406, reference may be made to the foregoing descriptions of fig. 2A-2G, 3A-3C, 4A-4F, 5A-5C, 6A-6D, 7A-7C, 8A-8G, 9A-9D, 10A-10D, 11A-11D and 13A-13D, and the details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the steps in the above-described method embodiments may be accomplished by integrated logic circuitry in hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in a hardware processor for execution, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor for execution.

The present application also provides an electronic device, which may include: memory and a processor. Wherein the memory is operable to store a computer program; the processor may be configured to invoke a computer program in the memory to cause the electronic device to perform the method performed by the electronic device 100 in any of the embodiments described above.

The present application also provides a chip system comprising at least one processor for implementing the functions involved in the method performed by the electronic device 100 in any of the above embodiments.

In one possible design, the system on a chip further includes a memory to hold program instructions and data, the memory being located either within the processor or external to the processor.

The chip system may be formed of a chip or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

Alternatively, the processor in the system-on-chip may be one or more. The processor may be implemented in hardware or in software. When implemented in hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, or the like. When implemented in software, the processor may be a general purpose processor, implemented by reading software code stored in a memory.

Alternatively, the memory in the system-on-chip may be one or more. The memory may be integral with the processor or separate from the processor, and embodiments of the present application are not limited. The memory may be a non-transitory processor, such as a ROM, which may be integrated on the same chip as the processor, or may be separately provided on different chips, and the type of memory and the manner of providing the memory and the processor are not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Illustratively, the chip system may be a field programmable gate array (field programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Chip (ASIC), a system on chip (SoC), a central processing unit (central processor unit, CPU), a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processing circuit (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), a microcontroller (micro controller unit, MCU), a programmable controller (programmable logic device, PLD) or other integrated chip.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising: a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions), which when executed, causes a computer to perform the method performed by any of the electronic devices 100 in any of the embodiments described above.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions). The computer program, when executed, causes a computer to perform the method performed by any of the electronic devices 100 in any of the embodiments described above.

It should be appreciated that the processor in embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (AP 800plication specific integrated circuit,ASIC), a field programmable gate array (field programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in the execution of a hardware decoding processor, or in the execution of a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method.

In addition, the embodiment of the application also provides a device. The apparatus may be a component or module in particular, and may comprise one or more processors and memory coupled. Wherein the memory is for storing a computer program. The computer program, when executed by one or more processors, causes an apparatus to perform the methods of the method embodiments described above.

Wherein an apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, or a chip provided by embodiments of the application are for performing the corresponding methods provided above. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages in the corresponding method provided above, and will not be described herein.

The embodiments of the present application may be arbitrarily combined to achieve different technical effects.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions in accordance with the present application are produced in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line), or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid State Drive (SSD)), etc.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that implementing all or part of the above-described method embodiments may be accomplished by a computer program to instruct related hardware, the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program may include the above-described method embodiments when executed. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM or random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

In summary, the foregoing description is only exemplary embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made according to the disclosure of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of multi-window management, the method comprising:

the electronic equipment displays a first window and a second window, wherein the first window displays first content of a first application, the second window displays second content of a second application, and the first application and the second application are different applications;

the electronic device detecting a first operation acting on the first window and the second window;

in response to the first operation, the electronic device displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first area, wherein the first area displays the first content;

The electronic device detecting a selection operation acting on the second identifier;

The electronic device updates the first content in the first area to the second content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the position of the substrate comprises,

The first operation includes a selection operation of the first window and the second window;

Or alternatively

The first operation includes an operation of dragging the first window toward the second window.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein in response to the first operation, the method further comprises:

And the electronic equipment displays a third icon on a task bar or a desktop, wherein the third icon corresponds to the first combined window.

4. A method of multi-window management, the method comprising:

The electronic equipment displays a first icon of a first application and a second icon of a second application;

the electronic device detecting a second operation acting on the first icon and the second icon;

In response to the second operation, the electronic device displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: a first identifier, a second identifier and a first area, wherein the first area displays first content of the first application;

The electronic device updates the first content in the first region to second content of the second application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining the position of the first electrode is performed,

The second operation includes a selection operation of the first icon and the second icon;

Or alternatively

The second operation includes an operation of dragging the first icon toward the second icon.

6. A method of multi-window management, the method comprising:

The electronic equipment displays a first preview image of a first window and a second preview image of a second window, wherein the first window displays first content of a first application, and the second window displays second content of a second application;

The electronic device detecting a third operation on the first and second preview images;

in response to the third operation, the electronic device displays a first combined window; the first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first area, wherein the first area displays the first content;

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of providing the first layer comprises,

The third operation includes: dragging the first preview image to the second preview image;

Or alternatively

The third operation includes: and dragging the first preview image and the second preview image to a second area.

8. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein before the electronic device displays the first preview of the first window and the second preview of the second window, the method further comprises:

The electronic device detecting a fourth operation;

The electronic device displays a first preview image of a first window and a second preview image of a second window, and specifically includes:

the electronic device displays a multi-task interface, and the multi-task interface displays the first preview image and the second preview image.

9. A method of multi-window management, the method comprising:

The electronic device detecting a fifth operation for opening the first application;

The electronic equipment displays a first window, and the first window displays first content of the first application;

the electronic device detecting a sixth operation on the recommended icon;

in response to the sixth operation, the electronic device displays a first combined window;

The first combination window displays: the first identifier, the second identifier and the first area, wherein the first area displays the first content;

the electronic device updates the first content in the first region to second content of a second application.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the recommendation icon is located in the first window or the recommendation icon is located within a first range of application icons of the first window or the first application.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein,

The second application is associated with the first application in a preset mode, or the electronic equipment history generates a combined window for displaying the contents of the second application and the first application, or the electronic equipment history generates a combined window for displaying the first content and the second content, or the first content and the second content are overlapped.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, further comprising:

the electronic device detecting a seventh operation;

the electronic device updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window; the third window displays the first content, and the fourth window displays the second content.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

The electronic device updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window, which specifically includes:

the electronic equipment updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window which are displayed in a split screen;

Or alternatively

And the electronic equipment updates the first combined window into a third window and a fourth window which are displayed in a left-right large-small mode.

14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein the electronic device comprises a first display and a second display, the first combination window being displayed on the first display,

And the electronic equipment updates the first combined window displayed on the first display screen into a third window and displays a fourth window on the second display screen.

15. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the method further comprises:

the electronic device detecting a seventh operation;

The electronic device updates the first combined window to the first window and the second window.

16. The method of any of claims 12-15, wherein the first combination window further comprises: in a first option of the method of the present invention,

Before the electronic device detects the seventh operation, the method further includes:

The electronic device detecting an eighth operation on the first option;

The electronic device displays a first option bar, the first option bar including one or more mode options;

The electronic device detecting a seventh operation specifically includes:

the electronic device detects a seventh operation on a first mode option of the one or more mode options.

17. The method of any of claims 12-16, wherein the electronic device further displays a fifth window when displaying the first combined window;

After the electronic device detects the seventh operation, the method further includes:

and stopping displaying the fifth window by the electronic equipment.

18. The method of any of claims 1-17, wherein the electronic device comprises a first display screen and a second display screen, the first combined window being displayed on the first display screen, the electronic device updating the first window and the second window to a first combined window, the method further comprising:

the electronic equipment displays first prompt information on the first display screen, wherein the first prompt information corresponds to a sixth window;

The electronic equipment detects a ninth operation acting on the first prompt information;

And the electronic equipment displays the sixth window on the second display screen.

19. The method according to any one of claims 1-18, further comprising:

The electronic equipment displays first prompt information, and the first prompt information corresponds to third content;

the electronic equipment detects tenth operation acted on the first prompt information;

The electronic device updates the first combined window into a second combined window, and the second combined window is displayed with: the first identifier, the second identifier, the third identifier and the first area, wherein the third content is displayed in the first area.

20. An electronic device comprising a memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs; the one or more processors, when executing the one or more programs, cause the electronic device to implement the method of any of claims 1-19.

21. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 19.

22. A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 19.