JPH0511970A - Cursor control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a cursor from interrupting window display at a multiwindow system by moving and displaying the cursor while referring to a cursor display position information table corresponding to the window, or displaying the cursor at a release position. CONSTITUTION:A cursor display position information table 11 provided corresponding to the window previously sets the presence/absence of the automatic move of the cursor, moving position, releasing position and releasing state. When the cursor is moved into the window, a display processing part 12 moves and displays the cursor while referring to this cursor display position information table 11. When a release operation designated in advance is generated in the state of displaying the cursor on the window, the cursor is displayed at the release position or the move/display of the cursor is canceled corresponding to whether the release position is registered or not, etc., while referring to this cursor display position information table 11, and the operability of cursor display can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cursor control system for controlling a cursor on a multi-window, and more particularly to a cursor control system in a multi-window system. The cursor display is controlled by inputting from the input device, for example, by moving the mouse, and displaying the cursor at a position moved by the amount of movement of the mouse from the display position of the current cursor. If the cursor is on the window and the required information is whether or not the cursor is inside the window and not at the cursor position within the window itself, the cursor overlaps with the display position inside the window, which hinders viewing. Or it is difficult to find out where the cursor is displayed. It is required to solve these problems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a multi-window system, a user operates a pointing device to move a cursor to a new window to perform various processes.

[0003]

Therefore, when the cursor display indicating the position of the pointing device is on the window, if the display on the window and the cursor display overlap, the cursor display becomes an obstacle, or the cursor and the window display. It may be difficult to distinguish from the above display. Each time the user moves the cursor by moving the pointing device to confirm the position of the cursor, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome. In many cases, the position of the pointing device on the window is not important, and what is needed is the information on the window. In such a case, it is required to make the cursor display easy to see and operate.

According to the present invention, in a multi-window system, the cursor is displayed at a position which does not obstruct the display on the window, a position designated by the user, or the like, and the moving display is canceled. The purpose is to improve operability.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the cursor display position information table 11 is associated with windows, and with / without automatic movement of a cursor, a movement position (x, y), a release position,
It is a table which sets a cancellation | release state.

The display processing unit 12 refers to the cursor display position information table 11 to perform various cursor display controls such as displaying the cursor at a specified position on the window and canceling the moving display. is there.

The display device 14 displays a multi-window, a cursor and the like.

[0008]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a cursor display position information table 11 provided in association with a window is provided with / without automatic movement of a cursor in advance and a movement position (x,
y), the release position and the release state are set in advance, and when the cursor is moved into the window, the display processing unit 12 displays the cursor display position information table 1 corresponding to this window.
Referring to 1, the cursor is moved and displayed at the movement position (x, y) set when automatic movement is present. Further, in the case of no automatic movement, when the operation designated in advance occurs, and the movement position (x, y) is set in the cursor display position information table 11, the movement position (x, y) is set to the movement position (x, y). Moves the cursor and displays it.On the other hand, when it is not set, waits for the cursor movement position input,
Display the cursor at the input position. Further, when a pre-designated release operation occurs while the cursor is displayed on the window, the cursor display position information table 11 is referred to, and the release position is registered / unregistered (when the registration is not registered, the release position is released). Waiting for input of) and registered / unregistered status (if not registered, wait for input of canceled status)
In response to the above, the cursor is displayed at the release position (the stored position before the movement, the current position, etc.) or the movement display of the cursor is released.

Therefore, in the multi-window system, the cursor in the multi-window system is displayed by displaying the cursor at a position that does not hinder the display on the window, a position designated by the user, or canceling the moving display of the cursor. It is possible to improve display operability.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, the cursor display position information table 11 is associated with each window of the multi-window system, with / without automatic movement for automatically moving the cursor, moving position (x, y) for moving the cursor, cursor Is a table in which a release position to be moved when the movement of the item is released, a release state when the item is released, and the like are set in advance. Here, with / without automatic movement is an instruction as to whether or not the cursor is automatically moved to the movement position (x, y) on this window when the cursor is moved into the window. The movement position (x, y) is a movement position of the cursor when the automatic movement is set, or a movement position where the cursor is moved when a predesignated operation is set. The release position is the position where the cursor is moved and displayed in response to a previously specified release operation while the cursor is displayed at the moving position on the window (for example, the stored position before the movement, the current position). Etc.). The released state is temporarily released or completely released. Here, it is preset to automatically move with respect to the window 1: with moving position: (x1, y1) release position: release state before moving: complete release (described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4). Similarly, the windows 2 and 3 are also preset as shown in the figure.

The display processing unit 12 refers to the cursor display position information table 11 to display the cursor on the window of the multi-window system (FIG. 3, FIG.
This will be described later using the flowchart of FIG. 4).

The display unit 13 displays a multi-window on the display device 14, displays a cursor in a window on the multi-window in response to a cursor display instruction from the display processing unit 12, and the like. .

The display device 14 displays a multi-window and a cursor on the window. The pointing device 15 is a mouse or the like, and moves a cursor on the window.

The indicator 16 gives various instructions. The timer 17 manages the waiting time by giving a notification after a certain period of time has passed.

The window area information 18 is information such as the coordinate value of each window forming the multi-window. Based on this window area information 18, the display device 14
Show multiple windows on top.

The pre-movement cursor position 19 stores the position (x, y) of the cursor before the movement. By storing this pre-movement cursor position 19, it becomes possible to return to the pre-movement position (x, y) and display the cursor in response to the movement cancellation, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 described later. .

The moved cursor position 20 stores the position (x, y) of the moved cursor. Figure 2
The cursor display explanatory drawing to the multi-window of this invention is shown. Here, the window 1, the window 2, and the window 3 are multi-windows, and the window 1 set in the cursor display position information table 11 of FIG.
It corresponds to the windows 2 and 3.

Window 1 has automatic movement: Yes Movement position: (x1, y1) (indicates that the cursor is displayed at the position in the figure) Release position: Release state before movement: Complete release information is cursor display position information Set in table 11. Similarly, windows 2 and 3 are set as shown.

Next, the procedure for displaying the cursor on the window will be described with reference to FIG.
And it demonstrates in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG.
S1 recognizes the cursor position. This detects the current position (x, y) of the cursor.

In step S2, the area is recognized. This is S1
It is determined whether or not the area including the current cursor position (x, y) detected in step 3 is on any of the windows. In the case of YES, it is determined that the cursor is present on the window, and therefore the processing from S4 is performed.
On the other hand, in the case of NO, it is determined that the cursor does not exist on the window, so S1 and subsequent steps are repeated.

In step S4, the process waits for a fixed time. In step S5, the cursor display position information table 11 for each window is searched.
This searches the cursor display position information table 11 of FIG. 1 corresponding to the window found in S3 YES.

In step S6, it is determined whether the movement is automatic. In this case, for example, in the case of the window 1 of the cursor display position information table 11 of FIG. 1 searched in S5, "Yes" is set as the automatic movement, so here, YES in S6.
Then, the process proceeds to S7. On the other hand, for example, as shown in FIG.
In the case of the window 2 of the cursor display position information table 11, since “none” is set as the automatic movement, the result in S6 is NO and the processes in S12 to S14 are performed. That is, it is determined in S12 whether or not the operation designated in advance occurs, and when the determination result is YES, the movement position is already registered (set) in the cursor display position information table 11 (YES in S13).
If S1), the process proceeds to S7, while if not registered (S1)
In the case of No. 3), the cursor movement position, for example, the specific coordinate, the closest window boundary, or the specific window boundary is designated (S14), and the process proceeds to S7.

According to the above procedure, when the cursor is moved to a window, the cursor display position information table 11 in FIG. 1 of the window is referred to, and when the automatic movement is set to "Yes", the process proceeds to S7. On the other hand, when the automatic movement is set to “none”, the user performs an operation designated in advance, and the cursor display position information table 11
If the moving position of is set, the process proceeds to S7, and if not, the user inputs the moving position and the process proceeds to S7. As a result, the moving position for displaying the cursor is set in advance or set by the user.

In step S7, the current cursor position is recognized. S8 stores the current cursor position. This sets and stores the current position of the cursor before the movement at the cursor position 19 before the movement of FIG.

In step S9, the moving position is recognized. This is S
5, S6, S12 to S14, the moving position (x, y) extracted from the cursor display position information table 11
Alternatively, the position (x, y) input by the user is recognized.

In step S10, the display position of the cursor is moved. This is the cursor movement position (x,
Move the cursor to y). The cursor is displayed at the movement position (x, y) by the above procedure.

In step S11, it is determined whether or not a release operation designated in advance has occurred. As the release operation designated in advance, for example, any one of a release operation of moving the mouse, a release operation of pressing a key on the keyboard, a release operation of clicking a mouse button, and other release operations are performed. If YES, go to FIG.

In FIG. 4, S15 searches the cursor display position information table 11 for each window. Since the release operation has been performed in S11, the release position and release state of the cursor display position information table 11 of the window currently displaying the cursor are searched and retrieved.

In step S16, it is determined whether or not the release position taken out in step S15 has been registered. In the case of YES (when the release position has been registered), the process proceeds to S17. In the case of NO, since the release position has not been registered, the user specifies (inputs) the release position in S20, and proceeds to S17.

In S17, it is determined whether the release position taken out from the cursor display position information table 11 is "before moving" or the release position designated in S20 is "before moving". In the case of YES, since the release position is "before moving", the position before moving the cursor is recognized in S18 (the stored before moving cursor position 19 of FIG. 1 is taken out),
In S19, the cursor display position is moved, that is, the cursor is displayed and returned to the position (x, y) before the movement, and the process proceeds to S21.
On the other hand, in the case of NO in S17 (when the release position is not "before movement"), the process proceeds to S21.

According to the above procedure, it is possible to display and return the cursor to the position (x, y) before the movement when the cancel operation occurs while the cursor is displayed on the window.

In step S21, it is determined whether or not the release state retrieved by searching the cursor display position information table 11 in step S15 has been registered. If YES, the process proceeds to S22. N
In the case of O, the user specifies (inputs) the release state in S25, and proceeds to S22.

In step S22, it is determined whether the release state taken out from the cursor display position information table 11 is "temporary release" or the release state designated by the user in step S25 is "temporary release". In the case of YES, since the release state is "temporary release", the cursor display position movement is temporarily released in S23, and the process proceeds to B (S4) in FIG. In the case of NO, since the release state is not "temporary release", the cursor display position movement is released in S24, and it is determined in S26 whether or not the window is moved to another window. When YES, B (S4) in FIG.
If NO, proceed to S27. Then, in S27, it is determined whether or not the operation designated in advance occurs, and if YES, the
C (S13), and when NO, S26 is repeated.

Through the above procedure, the movement of the cursor display position is canceled corresponding to the canceling state.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Cursor display position information table 1 corresponding to the window
Refer to 1 to move the cursor to the moving position (x, y) and display it, or to display the cursor at the release position (memorized position before moving, current position, etc.) Therefore, in the multi-window system,
It is possible to display the cursor at a position that does not hinder the display on the window, a position designated by the user, or cancel the moving display of the cursor by a simple operation. As a result, it becomes possible to improve the operability of cursor display in the multi-window system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of cursor display on a multi-window according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (No. 1) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 2) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 3: window 11: Cursor display position information table 12: Display processing unit 13: Display 14: Display device 15: Pointing device 16: Indicator 17: Timer 18: Window area information 19: Cursor position before movement 20: Cursor position after movement

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a cursor control method for controlling a cursor on a multi-window, the presence / absence of automatic movement of the cursor in association with the window /
None, provided with a cursor display position information table (11) for setting the moving position (x, y), and corresponding to the fact that the cursor has moved within the window, the cursor display position information table (11) corresponding to this window With reference to, the cursor control method is characterized in that the cursor is moved and displayed at the set movement position (x, y) when a predetermined time has elapsed with automatic movement. 2. A moving position (x, y) is set in the cursor display position information table (11) according to claim 1, when there is no automatic movement and a prespecified operation occurs. The moving position (x,
The cursor control method is characterized in that the cursor is moved to y) and displayed, while waiting for the input of the cursor movement position when it is not set and the cursor is displayed at the input position. 3. In a cursor control method for controlling a cursor on a multi-window, a cursor display for setting the presence / absence of automatic movement of the cursor, the movement position (x, y), the release position, and the release state in association with the window. The cursor display position information table (11) is provided with a position information table (11), and when a release operation designated in advance occurs while the cursor is displayed on the window according to claim 1 or claim 2.
Referring to, the release position is registered / unregistered (if not registered, wait for the release position input) and the release state is registered /
Corresponding to unregistered (waiting for cancellation status input if unregistered), display the cursor at the cancellation position (memorized position before moving, current position, etc.) or move the cursor display. A cursor control method characterized by being configured to be released.