JPH04369025A - Multiwindow display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a multiwindow display system improved at its operability. CONSTITUTION:The multiwindowsy system is provided with a menu picture display means 2 for displaying the menu screen of a window status display on a display 6 in order to know the state of a non-display window existing in a non-display window group which is not displayed at all because of being hidden on the back of other windows out of plural windows superposed and a window arraying means 3 for overwriting and arraying windows opened at present successively from the left corner at the interval of several lines without intersecting with the lowermost line and the left end line of the preceding arrayed screen and constituted so that the operation of these means 2, 3 can be executed only by one operation using a mouse cursor 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information processing systems, and more particularly to multi-window display systems.

0002

[Prior Art] In a conventional multi-window display system, multiple windows are opened, and there are hidden windows that are hidden behind the windows that are displayed in front of the display and are not displayed at all. , to bring one of these hidden windows to the forefront of the display, move the topmost window currently displayed on the display to the end of all open windows. Repeat the same operation until all or part of the relevant window is displayed, and after the part of the window that you want to display in front of the display is displayed, display the window that is in front of the relevant window. A pointing device was used to move it to the front of the group.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned multi-window display system, a plurality of windows are opened, and there is also a group of hidden windows that are hidden behind the group of windows displayed in front and are not displayed at all. When performing an operation to bring one of these hidden windows to the forefront of the display, the cursor positioning operation of a pointing device such as a mouse and the confirmation operation such as a click are performed until the corresponding window is brought to the forefront. The operation is cumbersome as the operator has to repeat the process until the
There was also the problem that it took time.

An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-window display system with improved operability.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A multi-window display system of the present invention includes a window map memory that holds a plurality of screen images, and a window frame buffer that holds the display contents of the display. In a multi-window display system that displays screen images on a display by storing them in the window frame buffer, a plurality of windows are opened in a plurality of screen image areas provided in the window map memory, and the screen images are stored in the window frame buffer. There is a group of hidden windows that are hidden behind the plurality of windows and are not displayed at all due to the overwriting of the plurality of windows, and in order to know the status of the hidden windows, a menu screen for displaying the window status is displayed on the display. and a menu screen display means for displaying the window status, and when the window status display menu screen is selected, the currently open window is displayed in the bottom line and the leftmost line of the screen arranged sequentially from the left corner in the window frame buffer. Window arranging means for arranging in the window frame buffer by overwriting the data at intervals of several lines without intersecting;
The configuration includes a status display erasing means for erasing newly displayed window status display contents and displaying the original status.

[0006] The multi-window display system of the present invention is a multi-window display system in which a plurality of windows are opened and the plurality of windows are overwritten and hidden behind a group of windows displayed in front of the display and are not displayed at all. a menu screen display means for displaying a window status display menu screen on the display in order to know the status of the hidden windows when there is a group of hidden windows; a first storage means for holding the number n of windows, and a second storage means for holding the ID number of each of the n windows;
According to the contents of the second storage means, the n windows are arranged sequentially from the left corner of the n+1th new window, leaving an interval of several lines without intersecting the bottom line and the leftmost line of the screen. window arranging means for overwriting and arranging windows while spacing; display means for displaying windows arranged by the window arranging means by one display size from the left corner; and a display means for displaying the newly displayed (n+1)th window The configuration includes a status display erasing means for erasing.

[0007]

[Operation] Multiple windows exist on the display,
If there are a group of hidden windows and you want to know the status of the hidden windows, use the mouse cursor to select display status display from the menu screen and display the left and bottom parts of the contents of multiple windows. Since they are displayed side by side in one window, the contents of the target window can be grasped without repeating cursor positioning and confirmation operations many times, improving operability.

[0008]

Embodiments Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the menu screen display means in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the window arrangement means in FIG. , FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the status display erasing means in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a transition diagram showing the state of the display in FIG.

The multi-window display system of this embodiment includes a mouse cursor 1 that provides an opportunity to start and finish displaying the window status, a display 6, a menu screen display means 2 that determines the input of the mouse cursor 1, and a window status display. window arranging means 3 that performs on the display 6, a window map memory (hereinafter referred to as WMM) 4 that holds screen images of a plurality of windows, and a window frame buffer that displays written contents on the display 6 at regular intervals. (hereinafter referred to as WFB) 5,
and a status display erasing means 7 for erasing the status display on the window.

As shown in FIG. 2, the menu screen display means 2 includes a mouse click determination section 11 that determines the presence or absence of a mouse click, and a menu display section 12 that displays a menu.
, a window status display selection determination unit 13 that determines whether window status display is selected, a window arrangement means starting unit 14 that starts window arrangement means 3 when window status display is selected, and window status display deletion. Status display deletion selection determination unit 1 that determines whether it has been selected
5, and a status display erasing means starting unit 16 that erases the window status display when erasing the window status display is selected.
It consists of.

As shown in FIG. 3, the window arrangement means 3 includes a WFB clear section 21 that clears WFB5, and a bottom line of the screen in which opened windows are arranged from WMM4 to WFB5 in order from the left corner. and a window memory transfer unit 22 that overwrites the leftmost line at intervals of several lines without intersecting the leftmost line.

As shown in FIG. 4, the status display erasing means 7 includes a WFB clearing section 61 that clears the WFB 5, and a WFB clearing unit 61 that transports the opened window from the WMM 4 to the state before the window status display was selected. It consists of a window memory transfer unit 62.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings.

When the mouse cursor 1 is pressed, the menu screen display means 2 causes the menu display section 12 to display a menu after the mouse click determination section 11 makes a determination. If you select window status display according to the menu display,
After the determination by the window status display selection determining unit 13, the window arranging unit 3 is activated by the window arranging unit starting unit 14.
Start. When the window arrangement means 3 receives activation,
The WFB clear unit 21 clears the WFB5,
The window memory transfer unit 22 transfers the currently opened window from WMM4 to WF in the multi-window method.
Copy WFB5 sequentially from the left corner to B5. For example, the window that was open in the state shown in FIG. 5 (A) is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (B). Next, mouse cursor 1
If clear window status display is selected by
After the determination by the window status display selection determination unit 13 and the determination by the status display deletion selection determination unit 15, the status display deletion unit 7 is activated by the status display deletion unit activation unit 16. When the status display erasing means 7 is activated, the WFB clear section 61 clears the WFB 5, and the window memory transfer section 62 transfers the currently open window to the WFB 4.
Copy from to WFB 5 to the initial state, and the display 6 changes from the state shown in Figure 5 (B) to Figure 5 (C)
The state changes to

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the menu screen display means in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the window arrangement means in FIG. , FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the display display means in FIG. 6, and FIG. 10 is a transition diagram showing the state of the display in FIG.

The multi-window display system of this embodiment includes a window control program 5 stored in the storage means 8.
1, loading means 52, main storage device 53, and central processing unit 5
4, a display 6, a keyboard 55, and a mouse cursor 1.

In the main storage device 53, a menu screen display means 31, a window arrangement means 32, a display display means 33, a first memory means 34, and a second memory holding means 35 are stored. The first storage means 34 holds the number "n" of currently opened windows, and the second
The memory holding means 35 consists of ID number storage areas for a plurality of windows. As shown in FIG. 7, the menu screen display means 31 includes a non-display area determination unit 31 that determines whether the mouse cursor 1 is within the window non-display area or not.
1, a mouse click determination unit 312 that determines the presence or absence of a mouse click, a menu display unit 313 that displays a menu, a window status display selection determination unit 314 that determines whether a window status display is selected, and a mouse click determination unit 312 that determines whether a mouse click is present. Window arrangement means 32 when selected
and a window arrangement means starting section 315 that starts the window arrangement means starting section 315.

As shown in FIG. 8, the window arrangement means 32 includes a first storage means storage section 32 that stores the number "n" of currently opened windows in the first storage means 34.
1, a second storage unit storage unit 322 that stores the ID numbers of each of the n windows in the second storage unit 35, a window memory securing unit 323 that secures the n+1 window memory, and a window memory securing unit 323 that secures the n+1 window memory. A window frame creation section 324 secured for display in the eye window memory and an ID held in the second storage means 35.
Window memory transfer that overwrites the contents of the window indicated by the number in the n+1th window memory sequentially from the left corner at intervals of several lines without intersecting the bottom line and the leftmost line of the screen placed forward. 325 , and a display display means starting section 326 that starts the display display means 33 .

The display display means 33 includes a window frame display section 331, a mouse click determination section 332, and a window erasing section 333, as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings. When starting the OS, the window control program 51 is loaded from the storage means 8 using the loading means 52 according to an instruction from the keyboard 55, and is loaded into the menu screen display means 31, the window arrangement means 32, the display display means 33, and the first memory. The means 34 and the second storage means 35 are loaded into the main memory 53. The user moves the mouse cursor 1 to a portion of the display 6 where no window is displayed and waits for mouse press information to be sent to the central processing unit 54. The menu screen display means 31 displays a menu after judgment by a non-display area judgment section 311 and a mouse click judgment section 312. When the window status display is selected according to the menu display, the window arrangement means 32 is started by the window arrangement means starting section 315. When the window arrangement means 32 is activated, the first storage means storage section 321 stores the number "n" of windows currently opened in the multi-window method in the first storage means 34, and the second storage means storage section 32
2, the ID numbers of each of the n windows are stored in the second storage means 35. Window memory securing unit 32
3, a window memory that is somewhat larger than the maximum window frame that can be displayed on the display 6 is secured. The window frame creation unit 324 creates a full-sized window frame that can be displayed on the display 6. In the window memory transfer unit 325, the I held in the second storage means 35 is
The contents of the window indicated by the D number are sequentially copied to the (n+1)th window memory starting from the left corner. For example, Figure 10
Copy the window that was open in the state shown in Figure 10 (A) to the window memory state shown in Figure 10 (B). When the processing by the window memory transfer unit 325 is completed, the display display unit 33 is activated by the display display unit activation unit 326. When the display display means 33 is activated, the window frame portion display unit 331 displays the window frame portion of the window memory state of FIG. 10 (B) as shown in FIG. 10 (C). The mouse click determination unit 332 waits until mouse cursor press information is sent to the central processing unit 54. When this information comes up, the window erasing section 33 erases the (n+1)th window, and the display changes from the state shown in FIG. 10 (C) to the state shown in FIG. 10 (A).

[0022]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention provides a method for using a mouse cursor when a plurality of windows exist on a display, a group of hidden windows exist, and the status of the hidden windows is to be known. By selecting the display status display from the menu screen and displaying the contents of multiple windows side by side in one window with the left and bottom parts displayed, you can repeat the operations of positioning and confirming the cursor many times. This has the effect of improving operability, since the contents of the target window can be grasped without having to worry about it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the configuration of menu screen display means in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the configuration of window arrangement means in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the configuration of status display erasing means in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a transition diagram showing states of the display in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the configuration of menu screen display means in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the configuration of window arrangement means in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the display means in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a transition diagram showing states of the display in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Mouse cursor 2, 31 Menu screen display means 3, 32
Window arrangement means 4 Window map memory (WMM) 5
Window buffer memory (WFB) 6 Display 7 Status display erasing means 8 Storage means 31 Menu screen display means 32 Window arrangement means 33 Display display means 34 First storage means 35 Second storage means 51 Window control program 52 Loading means 53 Main Storage device 54 Central processing unit 55 Keyboard

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device comprising: a window map memory that holds a plurality of screen images; and a window frame buffer that holds display contents of a display; and a screen image created in the window map memory is stored in the window frame buffer. In a multi-window display system that displays on a display,
When a plurality of windows are opened in a plurality of screen image areas provided in the window map memory, and the plurality of windows are overwritten in the window frame buffer and hidden behind the plurality of windows and are not displayed at all. A menu screen display means for displaying a window status display menu screen on the display in order to know the status of the hidden windows when there is a group of display windows, and a menu screen that is currently open when the window status display menu screen is selected. A window arrangement in which windows are arranged in the window frame buffer in order from the left corner, overlapping the bottom line and the leftmost line of the screen with a gap of several lines without crossing them, and arranging them in the window frame buffer. and status display erasing means for erasing newly displayed window status display contents and displaying the original status. [Claim 2] In a multi-window display system, a plurality of windows are opened and the plurality of windows are overwritten, and there is a group of hidden windows that are hidden behind a group of windows displayed in front of the display and are not displayed at all. a menu screen display means for displaying a window status display menu screen on the display in order to know the status of the hidden window; and a menu screen display means for displaying the number n of currently open windows when the window status display menu screen is selected. a first storage means for holding an ID number of each of the n windows; and a second storage means for holding an ID number of each of the n windows.
storage means, and according to the contents of the second storage means, the n windows are arranged sequentially from the left corner of the n+1 new window without intersecting the bottom line and the leftmost line of the screen. a window arranging means for overwriting and arranging the windows with intervals of several lines;
A multi-window display system comprising a display means for displaying an image corresponding to the size of a display, and a status display erasing means for erasing the newly displayed (n+1)th window.