JPH02118596A - Window control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To visualize an object window through easy operation by changing a window of low priority into a new current window by providing a specific operation part to an overlap multi-window display system. CONSTITUTION:A current window 100 with top display priority consists of a body part 200 and a frame part 300 and an comprehensive window display box 400 is displayed at the upper stage of a frame as external operation for the name of contents, etc. This is displayed when there is >=1 window included in the current window, and this is clicked with a mouse, etc.; and then a window replacing means operates and the object window becomes a new current window. Consequently, even if the window of low display priority is included in a window of high priority and becomes invisible, the operation in the window is enabled.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a control system for an overlapping multi-quindocks, and includes +1! The present invention also relates to a window control method that allows an invisible window to be operated even when a window with a low display priority is included in a window with a high display priority and becomes invisible.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of window control method was disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-2
As described in Japanese Patent No. 50692, a method with better operability is discussed as a method of controlling the current window (the window with the highest display priority) of the overlamp window. This is a method in which when information is added to window information, the size of the window is increased by moving the boundaries of the window, or the window information is moved within the window by user operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above conventional technology uses a window with a lower display priority other than the current window (hereinafter referred to as a target window).
When the target window is included in the current window, the control method is not considered (and when the target window is included in the current window, the operation of this operation is to move or reduce the size of the current window by − degrees to make part of the target window visible). The operations are cumbersome because you have to perform window operations while you are busy.Especially when the position and size of the target window are unknown, you have to operate the current window to make part of the target window visible. requires trial and error.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and to provide a method for controlling a window that can be easily controlled even when the target window is included in the current window and becomes invisible. .

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a window control method in an overlapping multi-window display system in which a plurality of display windows each have a display priority and can be displayed overlapping each other. Along with the current window, which is the window with the highest display priority, an operation unit is provided to set the lower priority windows included in the current window as a new current window. It is something. This operation unit is, for example, a control box (hereinafter referred to as an inclusive window display box) that is displayed along with the current window.

Preferably, the operation section is provided only when the current window includes another window. Of course, it may be always displayed along with the current window, and respond to operations on the operating unit only when there is an included pond window.

More specifically, the present invention provides an inclusion determining means for determining whether a target window is an inclusive window;
It has a display means of the operation section, and a window switching means for making the containing window a new current window in response to the operation of the operation section.

[Effect]

Hereinafter, typical effects of the present invention will be explained.

The above-mentioned containing window display box is, for example, a box for window control that is displayed at the border of the current window, and will not be displayed unless there is another target window included in the current window. It will not be displayed if there is no target window for the pond, but will be displayed if there is one or more other target windows included in the current window. Therefore, the presence or absence of a containing window can be easily recognized by the presence or absence of this box.

If the containing window display box is currently displayed and you click on the containing window display box using a pointing device such as a mouse, the object with the lowest display priority that exists at the back of the screen will be displayed in order to extract the containing window. Inclusion determination is made sequentially from the window to the current window. This is performed by the inclusion determining means.

As a result of the inclusion determination, if it is found that the window is included in the current window, the window replacement means operates, and the target window is rearranged in front of the current window, and the target window is moved to the window with the highest display priority, i.e. It becomes the new current window.

Thereafter, the above process is repeated for all remaining target windows other than the current window, and the wind windows that have a higher priority than the current window, that is, the windows that are in front of the current window on the screen, are extracted as the inclusive window group. Ru.

After the extraction process, whether or not the window that has become the new current window includes another window is determined in order from the target window with the next highest priority after the new current window. This is performed by the inclusion determining means. As a result of the determination, if it is found that there is one or more other target windows included in the new current window, ex
ist-flag is turned on, otherwise it is turned off. This exist-flag is a flag that determines the presence or absence of the above-mentioned inclusive window display box.

Finally, the extracted containing windows are redisplayed in descending order of display priority. In particular, when redisplaying a new current window, the above exi
The st-flag is referenced, and if it is on, the inclusive window display box is displayed, and if it is off, the inclusive window display box is not displayed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the wc1 diagram, 1000 is a control unit, 2000 is a window inclusion determination unit, and 3000 is a window replacement K.
4000 is the frame display section, 5000 is the API display section, 600
0 is AP2 display section, 7000 is APn display section, 8000
is the window management table, 9000 is the graphic R
AM is shown respectively.

The wine tow management table 8000 is a graphic RA
This table manages the positions, sizes, etc. of multiple windows to be displayed on the M9000.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the window display. window 100
is composed of a body part 200 and a frame part 300. The body portion 200 is an area for displaying a part of data to be processed, such as a numerical table in spreadsheet processing or a document in word processing, and the frame portion 500 is an area for displaying the outer frame thereof. Usually, the frame part 300
The names of the numerical tables, documents, etc. mentioned above are displayed in the upper row. There are also buttons, window movement boxes, window size change pages, and the like to allow windows to be moved and resized using a pointing device such as a mouse. In addition to the above, the present invention displays an inclusive window display box 400. The inclusive window display box 400 is a box that is displayed when there is one or more windows that are included in the current window, which is the window with the highest display priority at the forefront of the screen. When clicked, the windows included in the current window are displayed in front of the current window.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing changes in the three-dimensional arrangement of windows before and after clicking the inclusive window display box 400.

In the figure, the upper row shows the state before clicking, and the lower row shows the state after clicking. In the state before clicking, each window has a low display priority.
d, wd3, and wd4, and Wd4 is the current window. This wd4 has wdl and wd
Since the two windows of 5 are included, the frame part 300 of wd4 includes the including window display box 4.
00 is displayed. This containing window display box 4
When you click on 00, each window is rearranged as shown in the lower row. In other words, wd5 and wdl that were included in the current window wd4 are changed to wd
It is placed in front of 4, and wd3 becomes the current window.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the window management table 8000. The window management table 8000 is composed of the following items.

ill xi mtn, yi 5utn
, xi wa & x, yimax - x of the two diagonal points of the inner rectangle of the wind dock, ysllI + 21
X0m1n, 70m1n, XOm*x, yO
max = X, y coordinates of two diagonal points of the outer rectangle of the window 131 al)... Type of application software running on the window + 41 extst - rxag... Presence/absence flag of the inclusive window display box 400 (5) Xh + mta, yh＊tn, xhdrink x,
yhmax...Inclusive window display box 4000
x, y coordinates of two diagonal points +61 1p...Pointer to the window with one higher display priority +7) bp...Pointer to the window with one lower display priority (1) Inner rectangle of the window is the above body part 20
Equivalent to 0K. Also, 1 belongs to the outer rectangle of (2).
)- area that does not belong to the inner rectangle of the window corresponds to the frame portion 300. (6) and (7) are bidirectional pointers for linking windows based on display priority. Window management table 8000
In the header section, 181FP... pointer to the window with the lowest display priority + 9) BP... pointer to the window with the highest display priority are provided, and the window indicated by these is the base point. It is possible to access bidirectional windows sequentially. Note that the pointer fp=bp*FP, BP indicates not a window number but a numerical value for accessing each row of the table 8000.

Ar1 display section 5000 in FIG. A P 2 display section 6
000.

・" e A P n display section 7000 displays the o-part of the data to be processed in the various application software (Application Software) such as the above-mentioned spreadsheet processing and word processing, and the body part 200 of the corresponding window. .Frame display section 4000
is a portion showing the frame portion 3aO of the window.

Now, when the three-dimensional arrangement of each window is as shown in the upper row of Figure 3, the current window wd4 is
Since it includes two windows, wdl and wd3, a containing window display box 400 is displayed in the frame portion 300 of Wd4.

When this is clicked with a mouse, the control unit 1000 is activated and processing is started. The control unit 1000 searches for and replaces the windows included in the current window, and sets the box presence/absence flag of the included window display box exist-fla for the window that becomes the new current window as a result of the above replacement processing.
Set g and redisplay the containing windows.

A processing flowchart of the control unit 1000 is shown in FIG.

First, in step 1005, the current window is acquired from the BP column of the header part of the window management table 8000 (this is the current window (Hwdno
). In addition, the x and y coordinates of the two diagonal points of the outer rectangle of the current window aNdnO are set as XO+mlz+, yOwin, XO in the window management table 8000.
m*x.

Obtain from the yOwax column (X CmLn, 7
Cwin.

XCmax, 7Cmax).

Additionally, a pointer to the window with the lowest display priority is acquired from the FP column of the header section of the window management table 8000 (this is the target window wdn).

).

Next, in step 1010, the x and y coordinates of the two diagonal points of the outer rectangle of the target window wdno are stored in the window management table 80000X Owin, yOwin, X O
l11m! , obtained from the yOmax column (this is
Ln, 7m1n, Xmax, 7taax)
. Further, the target window is obtained from the fp column of the target window wdno (this is referred to as nwdno).

Next, in step 1015, the winddoc inclusion determination unit 20
00 is activated, and it is determined whether the target window wdno is included in the current window cwdno.

A processing flowchart of the window inclusion determination unit 2000 is shown in FIG. In step 2005, the window inclusion determination unit 2000 sets the inclusion determination flag 1nclude -f
Clear lag, step 2010 to step 203
Inclusion judgment is made with 0. Here, X Cm1rs, 7
C@in, X Cl1lIL1*yCIl & yllllll.

X m&t, y++ax are the x and y coordinates of the two diagonal points of the outer rectangle of the target wine tow wdno. Step 20
At 30, the target window wdno is the current window cwd n .

If it is determined that it is included in , the inclusion determination flag 1n is set.
clude-flag is turned on.

In the embodiment shown in the upper part of FIG. 3, the target window wd
Since J is included in the current window wd4, 1nclude-f lag is turned on.

Returning to FIG. 5, in step 1020, jnc 1ud
Determine whether e-flag is on or off, and if it is on,
In order to replace the windows, the window replacement unit 3000 is activated in step 1025 to perform window replacement processing. Further, when the 1nclude-flag is off, the process proceeds to step 1030 without doing anything.

In this embodiment, since the target window wd1 is included in the current window wd4, the window replacement unit 3000 is activated in step 1025.

A processing flowchart of the window replacement unit 3000 is shown in FIG. In steps 5005 to 3025, the window replacement unit 3000 changes the target window wdn
o is deleted, and in steps 3030 to 3040,
Insert the deleted target window wdno before the current window cwdno. Deletion and insertion are performed while updating pointers.

First, in step 3005, the window ¥! From the bp column of the I-embedded table 8000, acquire the window whose display priority is one lower than the target window wdno (this is
wdno).

Next, in step 3010, it is determined whether bwdno is -1 (there is no window whose display priority is one lower than the target window wdno, that is, the target window wdno has the lowest display priority). As a result, l)wdn
.

At step 3015, window bw
Change the fp field of dno o to the target window wdno fp
Replace with column. In other words, the window with the next highest display priority after window bwdno is the target window wdno
Instead, it is set as the window with the next highest display priority after the target window wdno. Also, window bwd n
.

When =-1, in step 3020, the FP column is replaced with the fp column of the target window wdno. That is, a window with a low display priority is the target window wdn.

Instead, it is set as the window with the next highest display priority after the target window wdno.

In this embodiment, the target window Wd1 has the lowest display priority, so bwdno:=-1, and step 50
20 processes are executed.

Next, in step 5025, the bp column of the window whose display priority is one higher than the target window wdno is replaced with the bp column of the target window wdno. In other words, a window whose display priority is one level lower than the window with the next highest display priority after the target window wdno is the target window wdn.
Target window wdn instead of o.

The window has one lower display priority.

Next, in step 3030, the target window wdn.

Set the fp column to -1. That is, the target window w
dno is the window with the highest display priority.

Next, in step 3035, the target window wdn.

The bp column of is replaced with the BP column of the header section of the window management table 8000. That is, the target window wdn.

The window whose display priority is one level lower is the window that previously had the highest busy display priority. Next, in step 3040, the BP column of the header section of the window management table 8000 is replaced with the target window wdno. In other words, the window with the highest display priority is the target window w
dno.

As described above, the target window wd1 is relocated in front of wd4.

Returning to FIG. 5, in step 1030, it is determined whether the search has ended or not. If the search has not ended, the process proceeds to step 1010 with the next target window nwdno obtained in step 1010 as a new target window wdno, and the process described above again. Perform the same processing as . If the search is completed, the process advances to step 1035. The search end determination at step 1030 is based on the next target window nwd determined at step 1010.
No is the window person/old window ocwdn before replacement
When oVc is equal, the search ends, and when they are not equal, the search is not completed.

With the above processing, each window wd1. wd2. The operation process of how wd5 is rearranged will be explained below.

In FIG. 3, window wdl is first placed in front of window wd4 as described above. Next, since window wd2 is not included in window wd4, it is maintained as it is. Next, window wd
5 is included in the window Wd4, so it is rearranged in front of the window wd1 which was rearranged earlier. As a result of the above operations, each window is rearranged as shown in the lower row of FIG.

Returning to FIG. 5, the control unit 1000 performs step 1055.
~In step 1065, it is determined whether there is a window included in window wd5, which has become the new current window as a result of window rearrangement, and exit-f
Set lag.

First, with the sticker 035, the window management table 80
Obtain the current window money from the BP column of the header section of 00 (this is set as cwd no). Also, the diagonal X of the outer rectangle of the current window cwdno.

Set the y coordinate to 30m1n in the window management table 8000.
.

70 mlz+, X OIl&! , yo yah
Obtain from x (X Csin, 7 C*Lm
,
bpM (this is the target window wdn)
o. ) Next, in step 1040, the window inclusion determination unit 20
00 is activated, and it is determined whether the target window wdnc is included in the current window cwdno.

Next, in step 1045, the inclusion determination flag include
Refer to e-flag and turn it on, that is, target window wdn
o is included in the current window cwdno (), the process advances to step 1065 and sets the existJ1ag field of the current window cwdno to on. Also, if the target window wdno is included in the current window (wdn).

If it is not busy, proceed to step 1050;
Get the next target window nwdno. This can be obtained from the bp column of the current target window wdno.

Next, in step 1055, the next target 9 indoku nwd
n.

Completion is determined by comparing whether or not is equal to -IK. As a result of the determination, if it has not been completed, the process proceeds to step 1040, where the inclusion determination of the next target window nwdno is performed,
If the process is finished, the process advances to step 1060, and the exist-flag column of the current window cwdno is set to OFF.

In this embodiment, the window wdl is included in the current window wd3 through the above processing, so the exist-flag column of the current window cwdno is turned on.

Next, in steps 1070 to 1090, the windows that need to be redisplayed as a result of window rearrangement are redisplayed. It is not necessary to redisplay all the windows, and only need to redisplay the windows that have been replaced.

First, in step 1070, the redisplay target window wdno is obtained from the fp column of the old current window ρcwdno before window replacement. Further, the current window is obtained from the BP column of the header section of the window management table 8000 (this is set as cwdno).

Next, in step 1075, the redisplay target window wd
Find out the type of application software from the IP field of no, and select A.
PI display section 5000. AP I display section +5000.
...Start any one of the APn display units 7000.

As a result, the wdno body portion 200 of the window to be redisplayed is displayed.

Next, in step 1080, the frame display section 4000 is activated and the redisplay target quindoc wdnoO frame section 300 is displayed. The frame display unit 4000 displays the inclusive window display box 400 only when the redisplay target window wdno is the current window cwdno and the exist-flag field is on.

Next, in step 1085, the next redisplay target window nwdnot- is obtained. This can be obtained from the fp column of the reproduction target window wdno.

Next, in step 1090, it is determined whether or not the next redisplay target window nwdno is equal to -1 to determine whether the redisplay is complete. As a result of the determination, if it is not finished, proceed to sticker 075 and move to the next window n to be redisplayed.
The wdno is displayed again, and if the process is finished, the process in the control unit 1000 is finished.

In this embodiment, with the above processing, the window wd1°Wd
3 is displayed again in this order. Note that the window wd1 is not the current window, so the inclusive window display box 400 is not displayed, and the window wd5 is the current window, and the exist-ag column is turned on, so the inclusive window display box 400 is not displayed.
Display 0. Note that even if the window has been swapped, the window that is once again included in another window (
In the above example, it is not necessarily necessary to perform display processing for wdn.

Also, if there are multiple windows included in the current window, instead of relocating all of them, try relocating only the smallest window (up to any one of them). Good too.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, the operation unit (inclusive window display box) attached to the current window is not displayed when there are no windows included in the current window, but is displayed when there are windows included in the current window. You can see at a glance whether there are any included windows. Furthermore, when the user wants to operate the windows included in the current window, all he has to do is click on the included window display box using a pointing device such as a Mac, which provides excellent operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of how a window is displayed, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a window before and after clicking the inclusive window display box. A diagram showing changes in the three-dimensional arrangement state, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a window management table,
FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of the control section, FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of the window inclusion determination section, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the window replacement section. 100... window, 200... body part, 30
0... Frame section, 400... Inclusion window display box, 1000... Control section, 2000... Window inclusion determination section, 3000... Window replacement section, 4000... Frame display section, 5000... ...API display section, 6000...AP2 display section, 7000...AP
n display section, 8000...window management table, 9
000...Graphic RAM. 2nd illustration 3I21 δth ~ 1 + ^ Seal Seal ℃ ) ] - Mi 3rd hard

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A window control method in an overlapping multi-window display system in which a plurality of display windows each have a display priority and can be displayed overlapping each other, wherein the display priority is given to the one at the forefront of the drawing. 1. A window control method, characterized in that an operation unit is provided attached to a current window, which is a window with the highest priority, for making a lower priority window included in the current window a new current window. 2. The window control system according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is a control box displayed in association with the current window.