JP2012079027A - Window open method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a window open method and apparatus in which a window of a file can be displayed on a monitor desired for display through one action when using a multi-monitor.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a window open apparatus for displaying a window of a file on a screen of at least one of a plurality of monitors in a computer having the plurality of monitors and a mouse which can perform cursor operation on screens of the plurality of monitors. In response to operation using the mouse, processing is performed to virtually capture and drag a file on a screen of one of the plurality of monitors with the cursor (S10) and to drop the file on any arbitrary screen among the plurality of monitors (S15) and when processing to drop the file on the arbitrary screen is performed, the window of the file is opened on the arbitrary screen (S30, S50).

Description

  The present invention relates to a window opening method and apparatus that can be used even in a multi-display.

  Conventionally, when a file is started by clicking the file icon when using multiple monitors, the file is started on the primary monitor or the display monitor at the end of the previous time, and then the window is dragged to the monitor to be displayed. .

Patent Document 1 reports a “multi-display system” for a method of starting application software in a multi-display.
For details, in the conventional multi-display system, if you want to activate and display a file on the desired monitor, double-click the icon once to activate the file, and then drag the opened window to the actual monitor screen you want to use. It is necessary to display it by dragging it up.
For this reason, for example, when working using two windows W1 and W2, after starting the file, the window is displayed on W1, and then the window to be displayed on W2 is dragged to W2 and displayed on W2. May be necessary, and a plurality of operations in order are required, which impairs convenience.

On the other hand, some application software employs an MDI (Multiple Document Interface) that displays a data file by opening a child window within the application software window. In such application software, if a data file icon is activated while the application software window is already activated, the data file is opened as a child window of the existing window without opening a new window. It is.
When trying to display such data files of application software in windows that are opened on each of multiple displays, first start the application software for the desired number of windows, and then move the opened windows to the desired display. In addition, there is a problem that convenience is lost because an operation in three stages of specifying a data file to be opened is required for each window, for example, by a drag and drop operation.
Further, in the conventional multi-display environment, when a window is opened by operating an icon, the window is displayed on the primary display or the display at the end of the previous time, so that the display to be displayed cannot be selected.

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Therefore, when using a multi-monitor, it is anxious to start a file with a simple operation on a desired monitor to be displayed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a window opening method and apparatus capable of displaying a file window on a monitor to be displayed with a simple operation of one action when using a multi-monitor.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a window opening method for displaying a file window on a screen of one monitor among a plurality of monitors provided in a computer, When a file is dropped on the screen of a desired monitor among a plurality of monitors, the system has a window opening step for displaying a window of the file on the screen.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a computer having a plurality of monitors and an operation means capable of operating a cursor on the screens of the plurality of monitors, the computer is provided on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors. A window opening method for displaying a window of a file, wherein a file on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors is virtually grasped by a cursor and dragged according to an operation by the operation means. Performing a process of dropping the file onto an arbitrary screen of the plurality of monitors, and a process of dropping the file onto the arbitrary screen. A window opening step for displaying a window of the file on the arbitrary screen.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a computer having a plurality of monitors and an operation unit capable of operating a cursor on the screens of the plurality of monitors, the computer is provided on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors. A window opening device for displaying a window of a file, wherein a file on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors is virtually grasped by a cursor and dragged in accordance with an operation by the operation means. And a drag and drop processing means for performing processing for dropping the file on an arbitrary screen of the plurality of monitors, and processing for dropping the file on the arbitrary screen, Window opening means for displaying a window of the file on the arbitrary screen.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a window system that displays resources managed by a computer provided with a plurality of monitors as icons on the monitors, resources corresponding to the icons corresponding to a predetermined operation on the icons A window open method for displaying a window for displaying the contents of the icon on the monitor, wherein a drag operation for moving the icon while it is selected and a drop operation for ending the selection of the icon are detected. A window corresponding to the icon is displayed on the monitor on which the drop operation has been performed.

  According to the present invention, when a multi-monitor is used, a file window can be displayed on a monitor to be displayed in one action.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the personal computer applicable to the file starting apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement outline | summary of the file starting apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of a personal computer applicable to the file activation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer includes monitors 10 a and 10 b, a personal computer main body (hereinafter referred to as a PC) 11, a keyboard 12, and a mouse 13.
The PC 11 includes a control unit including a CPU, a memory, and a storage device, a graphics controller, a VRAM, and the like. In addition, a keyboard 12 and a mouse 13 are connected to the PC 11 as input devices.
The monitors 10 a and 10 b have a multi-monitor configuration including two displays connected to the PC 11. In addition, although embodiment using two monitors was shown, you may use three or more monitors.

  The monitors 10a and 10b have a screen having a resolution of, for example, 1280 × 1024, 2560 × 2048, and one or more windows are displayed on the screen. The window display is controlled by a Windows (registered trademark) OS installed in the storage device of the PC 11 and a program executed under the management of the OS.

The mouse 13 is a device that moves a cursor displayed on one of the screens of the monitors 10a and 10b according to the operation. The mouse 13 has an X-axis roller and a Y-axis roller, obtains a moving distance in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction from the rotation amount of each roller, and sends coordinate position data to the control unit. Note that the control unit manages the coordinate position data received from the mouse 13 as the cursor coordinates by the OS in a sufficiently large virtual coordinate space including the screen areas of the monitors 10a and 10b.
Instead of the mouse 13, a pointing device such as a trackball or a touch pad capable of cursor movement and drag and drop operation may be used.

  On the task bar below the screen of the monitor 10a, a window open tool icon 14 is displayed as a resident tool. This window open tool is activated resident by the control unit under the management of the OS.

  Next, the basic operation of the window opening device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that steps S10 to S55 shown in FIG. 2 represent characteristic processing of the window open tool, and are executed by the control unit under the management of the OS.

For example, when the user right-clicks the start menu using the mouse 13 and double-clicks the “Explorer” button, the library is displayed on the monitor 11a (monitor A) or the monitor 11b (monitor B). This library stores a document library, a picture library, and the like. Here, when the user clicks on the document library using the mouse 13, a plurality of files are displayed.
The user drags a desired file in the document library using the mouse 13, moves the cursor to a desired position on the monitor 11a (monitor A) or the monitor 11b (monitor B), and then drags the file. Suppose you drop it. It is also assumed that the “Shift” key provided on the keyboard 12 is pressed simultaneously with the file drop.
Note that drag and drop refers to a series of operations in which an icon is moved (drag) while a mouse button is held down and a mouse button is released (drop).
In Windows (registered trademark) OS and Mac (registered trademark) Os, a file can be moved or copied by dragging the selected file to the position of an arbitrary folder and dropping it there.

How the window open tool operates when the above mouse operation is performed will be described below.
As described above, the window open tool is installed in the storage device in advance, is managed by the OS executed by the control unit, and is activated by the user's mouse operation.

First, in step S10, the control unit determines whether or not the file icon has been dragged. That is, the control unit detects a drag operation on the mouse 13 and determines whether or not the file icon has been dragged. If the file icon is dragged, the process proceeds to step S15.
Next, when the file icon is dragged, in step 15, the control unit determines whether or not the file icon is dropped. That is, the control unit detects a drop operation on the mouse 13 and determines whether or not the file icon has been dropped. If the file icon is dropped, the process proceeds to step S20.

Next, when the file icon is dropped, in step 20, the control unit determines whether or not the file is dropped on the monitor 11a (monitor A). If it is not dropped on the monitor 11a, the process proceeds to step S40.
The control unit determines whether or not the cursor coordinates exist within the range of the virtual coordinate space corresponding to each screen area of the monitors 10a and 10b using the coordinate position data received from the mouse 13 as the cursor coordinates. To identify the monitor where the file icon was dropped.
Next, if it is dropped on the monitor 11a, in step S25, the controller determines whether or not the “Shift” key provided on the keyboard 12 has been pressed simultaneously with the drop on the monitor 11a.
Next, when it is detected that the “Shift” key is pressed simultaneously with the drop on the monitor 11a, in step S35, the control unit moves the file icon to the vicinity of the cursor on the monitor 11a.
In this way, by moving and dropping the file icon and simultaneously pressing the “Shift” key, the file open function can be temporarily stopped, and only the file icon can be moved.

On the other hand, when a drop on the monitor 11a is detected and the "Shift" key is not pressed, in step S30, the control unit opens a file window near the cursor on the monitor 11a.
Here, the file has an identifier for recognizing which application program the file is, and when the control unit designates the file under OS management, the identifier of which application program is the file is specified. The application program is started and the specified file window is opened.
In this manner, a file window can be displayed on a monitor that is desired to be displayed by a simple operation of one action when using the multi-monitor, and convenience when using a plurality of windows on the multi-monitor can be improved. .

Next, when the file icon is dropped, if it is determined in step 20 that it is not dropped on the monitor 11a (monitor A), the control unit drops it on the monitor 11b (monitor B) in step S40. It is judged whether it was done.
Next, if it is dropped on the monitor 11b, in step S45, the control unit determines whether or not the “Shift” key provided on the keyboard 12 is pressed simultaneously with the drop on the monitor 11b.
Next, when it is detected that the “Shift” key is pressed simultaneously with the drop on the monitor 11b, in step S55, the control unit moves the file icon near the cursor on the monitor 11b.
As described above, by moving and dropping the file icon and simultaneously pressing the “Shift” key, the file open function can be temporarily stopped, and only the file icon can be moved.

On the other hand, when the drop on the monitor 11b is detected and the “Shift” key is not pressed, in step S50, the control unit opens a file window near the cursor on the monitor 11b.
In this manner, a file window can be displayed on a monitor that is desired to be displayed by a simple operation of one action when using the multi-monitor, and convenience when using a plurality of windows on the multi-monitor can be improved. .

  As described above, by displaying the file window using the window opening tool which is the window opening device according to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to perform a plurality of step-by-step operations as in the past, and a multi-monitor is used. Sometimes, a file window can be displayed on a monitor to be displayed with a simple operation of one action, and convenience when using a plurality of windows on a multi-monitor can be improved.

In the file activation apparatus according to the present embodiment, the file icon is dropped by the operation of the pointing device separate from the monitor such as the mouse and the touch pad, that is, the button pressing operation for maintaining the selection state of the file icon is finished. Sometimes it is configured to open a file window on the monitor screen where the pointer was present at the end.
In a monitor with a pointing device integrated, for example, an apparatus having a plurality of touch panel displays, touching the screen of the monitor is an icon selection operation. You cannot drag and drop to another monitor screen while keeping it. Therefore, when the pointer dragging the icon arrives at the outer edge of the monitor adjacent to another monitor at a predetermined speed or more, it is regarded as a drop operation to the screen of another adjacent monitor. The file window may be opened on the screen of another monitor.

  The present invention can be used in a multi-monitor environment such as a personal computer, a PDA, or a smartphone.

10a, 10b Monitor 11 Personal computer body 12 Keyboard 13 Mouse

Claims (7)

A window opening method for starting and displaying a file on the screen of one monitor among a plurality of monitors provided in a computer,
A window opening method comprising: a window opening step for displaying a window of the file on the screen when a file is dropped on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors. A key determination step for determining whether or not a predetermined key provided on the keyboard is pressed;
The window opening step includes
When it is determined that the process of dropping the file on the screen is performed and the predetermined key is pressed, the process of opening the window of the file on the screen is stopped, and the screen The window opening method according to claim 1, wherein only the top drop is performed. Multiple monitors,
A window opening method for displaying a file window on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors in a computer having an operation means capable of operating a cursor on the screens of the plurality of monitors. And
In response to an operation by the operation means, a file on the screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors is virtually grasped with a cursor and dragged, and the file is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of monitors. Drag and drop processing step for processing to drop on the screen,
A window opening method comprising: opening a window of the file on the arbitrary screen and starting the window when the process of dropping the file on the arbitrary screen is performed. . A key determination step for determining whether or not a predetermined key provided on the keyboard is pressed;
The window opening step includes
Processing for dropping the file on the screen of the arbitrary monitor, and processing for opening the window of the file on the screen of the arbitrary monitor when it is determined that the predetermined key is pressed 4. The window opening method according to claim 3, further comprising: dropping the file and only dropping the file onto the screen of the arbitrary monitor. Multiple monitors,
A window opening device for displaying a file window on a screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors in a computer having an operation means capable of operating a cursor on the screens of the plurality of monitors. And
In response to an operation by the operation means, a file on the screen of a desired one of the plurality of monitors is virtually grasped with a cursor and dragged, and the file is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of monitors. Drag and drop processing means for performing processing to drop on the screen,
A window opening device, comprising: window opening means for displaying a window of the file on the arbitrary screen when the process of dropping the file on the arbitrary screen is performed. In a window system for displaying a resource managed by a computer provided with a plurality of monitors as an icon on the monitor, a window for displaying a content of the resource corresponding to the icon in response to a predetermined operation on the icon A window opening method for displaying on a monitor,
When a drag operation for moving the icon while it is selected and a drop operation for ending selection of the icon are detected, a window corresponding to the icon is displayed on the monitor on which the drop operation has been performed among the plurality of monitors. A window opening method characterized by displaying.   When the drop operation is performed in the vicinity of the boundary of the one monitor following the drag operation of approaching the boundary adjacent to the other monitor at a predetermined speed or more in one monitor of the plurality of monitors. The window opening method according to claim 6, wherein a window corresponding to the icon is displayed on the other monitor on the assumption that the drop operation has been performed on the other monitor.

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