JPH06274302A - Window processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve work efficiency by means of an operator at the time of window display by displaying object titles existing in all windows when common work areas are displayed in plural windows and icons are dragged to the work areas. CONSTITUTION:When the common work areas 10 are displayed in the plural windows W1 and W2, and the icons are dragged to the work areas 10, the object titles OT existing in all the windows are displayed. Since an application is started when one of the object titles OT is selected, work for moving the window or closing it while the operator executes work at present so as to temporarily interrupt work and complicated work for returning the window moved on the screen to an original state can be omitted. Thus, workability when the operator frequently uses the specified icon 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 window processing device for displaying a plurality of windows on a screen for processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a window processing apparatus of this type, when processing a specific application included in a window, another window is moved to display the window at the top of the screen. Alternatively, the application is configured to be started and processed by closing or displaying the target window on the screen.

In another conventional device, when moving an icon to another window, two windows are opened and dragged, or the icon is cut out from the source window and the destination window is moved. It is configured to perform the paste process.

Further, in another conventional device, application software called an editor is used to describe computer settings or create a program. This application software has two different types. The text can be displayed in a window on the screen to perform the editing process, and in this case, the two screens can be scrolled simultaneously to perform the editing process.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned first conventional apparatus, when a particular application contained in a certain window is processed, another window is displayed in order to display that window at the top of the screen. Moves or closes the desired window on the screen, so if the operator frequently uses a certain icon, move or close the window in which he is currently working to suspend work. There is a problem that complicated work is required to restore the window that was moved on the screen to the original state.

Further, in the other conventional device, when moving an icon to another window, two windows are opened and dragged, or the icon is cut out from the source window and moved to the destination window. Since it is pasted, when the operator moves the icon between windows, it is necessary to resize the window and select the menu of cutout and paste, so the operation is troublesome and the work efficiency is reduced. There is a point.

Further, in the above-mentioned still another conventional apparatus, when two texts are simultaneously displayed on the screen as a window to perform an editing process, an operator may perform editing work while referring to two similar texts. However, if there are many differences between the contents of the two texts, an error occurs in the display position on the screen in the method of scrolling the two texts by the same number of lines. Therefore, in this case, it is necessary to correct the display position of one of the screens, and there is a problem that the application software cannot be effectively used by fully utilizing the two-screen simultaneous scroll function.

In view of the above conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a window processing device capable of improving the work efficiency of an operator when displaying a window.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the invention is to display a common work area in a plurality of windows, and to display all work areas when an icon is dragged to this work area. Means for displaying object titles existing in the windows, means for activating the application when one of the object titles is selected, and the work area existing in all windows when the object titles are deleted And a means for deleting the object title of.

The second aspect of the present invention is a determination means for determining whether or not a window is displayed in full screen, and an icon is dragged outside the window while the window is not displayed in full screen. In this case, a means for displaying all the window titles currently existing in the application out of the window titles, and when one of the window titles is selected in this display state, an icon is displayed in the window having the selected window title. And means for moving and displaying.

The second aspect of the present invention further includes means for displaying a menu title in the menu of this window in the state where the window is displayed in full screen, and when this menu title display is selected in this display state. It has means for displaying all window titles currently existing in the application, and means for moving and displaying the icon in the selected window when the icon is dragged to one of the window titles in this display state. It is characterized by

Still further, according to the third aspect of the invention, means for displaying two texts on the screen at the same time, and searching for a common part of the two texts displayed by the display means to search for an interval between the common parts of the respective texts. And means for scrolling the two texts so that the common part of the two texts is displayed on the screen based on the calculated interval.

[0013]

In the configuration of the first invention, a common work area is displayed in a plurality of windows, and object titles existing in all windows are displayed when an icon is dragged in this work area. When one is selected, the application is started, and when the object title is deleted, the object titles of the work area existing in all windows are deleted. Therefore, the operator can skip the window in which he / she is currently working, close the window by temporarily closing the window, or omit the complicated work for returning the window moved on the screen to the original state. It is possible to improve workability when the operator frequently uses a specific icon.

In the configuration of the second invention, when the icon is dragged out of this window in the state where the window is not displayed in full screen, all window titles currently existing in the application are selected from among the window titles. In this display state, when one of the window titles is selected, the icon is moved to the window having the selected window title and displayed. Also, when the window is displayed in full screen, the menu title is displayed in the menu of this window, and when this menu title display is selected in this display state, all window titles currently existing in the application are displayed. Then, in this display state, when the icon is dragged to one of the window titles, the icon is moved to the selected window and displayed.

Therefore, when the operator moves the icon to another window, two windows are opened and dragged, or the work of cutting out the icon in the source window and pasting it in the destination window is omitted. Therefore, it is possible to improve workability when the operator moves the icon to another window.

Further, in the configuration of the third invention, the common part of the two texts displayed in the window is searched to calculate the interval between the common parts of the respective texts, and 2 is calculated based on this interval.
Scroll each text so that the intersection of the two texts is displayed on the screen. Therefore, it is possible to omit the work of correcting the display position of one screen when the intervals between the two common texts are different, and therefore, the operator can simultaneously display the two texts on the screen in windows. It is possible to improve workability when performing edit processing.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen on which an icon of a window system is displayed in the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a screen in which the icon A1 is dragged to the common work areas W1 and W2, and FIG. 5 shows an object title in the work area W2. It is explanatory drawing which shows a screen.

In FIG. 1, this information processing apparatus comprises a central processing unit 1, a storage unit 2, an input unit 3, and an output unit 4.
It has and. The central processing unit 1 controls the storage unit 2, the input unit 3, and the output unit 4 and performs four arithmetic operations and logical operations. The storage unit 2 stores data necessary for the processing of the central processing unit 1, for example, information described later. The operation control program of the processing device and the like can be stored and retrieved as needed. The input device 3 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse or the like for inputting commands and data for the central processing unit 1 to perform processing, and the output device 4 is a printer or CRT for outputting the result processed by the central processing unit 1. , A liquid crystal display or the like.

On the display screen of the display which is the output device 4, icons I1, I2 and I3 which graphically symbolize applications and data are displayed in a window W1 as a visual interface as shown in FIG. When one of the icons I1, I2 and I3 is selected, windows W1 and W2 as shown in FIG. 4 are displayed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 4, a menu screen having a work area W10 common to the windows W1 and W2 is displayed (step S1 shown in FIG. 3), and then whether or not an icon is dragged to the work area W10 is displayed. Judgment (step S2), and if YES, step S2
If the answer is NO, the process proceeds directly to step S4.

In step S3, as shown in FIG. 4, the icon A1 is added to and displayed on the title display of the dragged work area W10. Then, as a determination for activating or deleting the object in the work area W10, first, in step S4, it is determined whether the title display of the work area W10 is selected (opened),
If not selected, the process returns to step S2, and if selected, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, as shown in FIG. 5, the title OT of the object registered in the work area W10 whose title display is selected is displayed, and in the following step S6, it is determined whether or not execution of this object is selected. If selected, the selected object is activated (step S7), and the process proceeds to step S8. If not activated, the process directly proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, the work area W10
If the deletion of the object in the item is selected and selected, the object is deleted (step S9), and if the command for ending the title display is selected and not selected, To step S
Returning to 6, the title display of this work area is terminated when it is selected.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the common work area W10 is displayed in the plurality of windows W1 and W2, and when the icon is dragged to this work area W10, the object titles OT existing in all the windows are displayed. Is displayed and the object title OT is 1
When one is selected, the application is launched, so that the operator can move the window currently being worked on, close the work by suspending it, or restore the moved window on the screen to the original state. Therefore, complicated work can be omitted, and therefore, the workability when the operator frequently uses a specific icon can be improved.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows the window title T1 displayed when the icon is dragged out of the window W when the window W is not maximized and moved. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen for designating the previous window, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen on which a menu for selecting the window title T2 is displayed while the window W is displayed in full screen. The hardware of this embodiment can be realized by the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

First, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, icons I1, I2, and I3 that graphically symbolize applications and data are displayed in a window W1.
When one of I2 and I3 is selected, a window W as shown in FIG. 7 or 8 is displayed. Then, when the application is displayed in the window W, it is determined whether or not the window W is maximized in FIG. 6, that is, whether or not it is displayed in full screen (step S11), and as shown in FIG. If not maximized to step S12, the process proceeds to step S12 and subsequent steps. If maximized as shown in FIG. 8, the process proceeds to step S17 and subsequent steps.

In step S12 and thereafter, first, it is determined whether or not the icon is moved out of the currently registered window W by dragging. If the icon is moved, the process proceeds to step S13 and thereafter, and if it is not moved, this process is executed. To finish. Then, in step S13, as shown in FIG. 7, all the window titles T1 currently existing in the application are displayed from the window titles, and if another area of the window W is selected in this display state, dragging is performed. The selected icon is returned to the original window W and the window title display processing is terminated, while when one of the window titles T1 is selected, the dragged icon is changed to the window having the selected window title T1. Move (steps S14 → S15).

On the other hand, when the window W is displayed in full screen as shown in FIG.
Since it cannot be dragged out of the window, first, the menu title M2 for displaying the window title in the menu of the window W is set and displayed (step S1).
7) Then, when the menu title display M2 is selected (step S18), the window title T2 currently existing in the application is displayed (step S18).
19).

Next, when the title display end is selected in the display state as shown in FIG. 8, this process is ended (step S20), while the title display end is not selected and the icon becomes one of the window titles T2. When dragged (step S21), the dragged icon is moved to the selected window and displayed (step S21).
22).

Therefore, according to this second embodiment,
When the window titles T1 and T2 are displayed and the icon is dragged to the window titles T1 and T2, the icon is moved to the selected window and displayed. Therefore, when the operator moves the icon to another window, two icons are displayed. You can skip the task of opening the window and dragging it, or cutting out the icon in the source window and pasting it in the destination window. The efficiency can be improved.

Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the list box display control operation as the third embodiment, and FIG.
Is an explanatory view showing two texts having a common part, FIG.
1 is an explanatory view showing the management table of the common part of the text of FIG. 10, FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the space between the common parts of the two texts of FIG. 10 is displayed on one screen, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a scrolled state of the display screen, FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing a state before scrolling when the interval between the common parts of the two texts of FIG. 10 does not fit on one screen, and FIG. 15 is a diagram. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the display screen of 14 was scrolled. The hardware of this embodiment can be realized by the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the case where two texts a and b having a common portion (lines A to F) are displayed on the screen as a window for editing as shown in FIG. First, in FIG. 9, these two texts a,
The common part of b is searched (step S31), and when it does not exist, this processing is terminated. When it exists, the management table of lines A to F, which is the common part as shown in FIG. ), The flag of the first element (row A) 1 is set (step S32 → S33).

Then, the number of lines (including the file head to the common part and the common part to the file end) in the interval from the element in which the flag is set to the next element is calculated (step S34), and the two reference processings are performed. It is determined whether or not the interval of the common part is within one screen (step S3).
5). When it fits, two texts a and b are displayed so that the first common part (line A) becomes the top "1" of the title window as shown in FIG. 12 (step S3).
6) When the cursor moves below the bottom "1" of the screen, the screen scrolls to the screen shown in FIG. 13, and the flag of the element 2 of the management table indicating the last common part, line B, currently displayed in the window. Is set (step S37 →
S38) and returns to step S34.

On the other hand, in step S35, if the interval between the common parts of the two texts does not fit within one screen,
The ratio of one scroll of one text a to one scroll of the other text b is calculated (step S3
9) Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the two texts a and b are displayed so that the common part (line B) becomes the uppermost "3" of the title window (step S40). And
When the cursor is moved below the lowermost part "3" of the screen, as shown in FIG. 15, two common parts (line C) of the texts a and b are displayed at the ratio calculated in the step S39. Scroll the screen (step S4
1) Further, when the cursor moves outside the interval of the common part, the flag of the element 3 showing the C line which is the last common part currently displayed in the window is set (step S42 → S43), and step S34. Return to.

Therefore, in step S34, the number of lines in the interval from the element in which the flag is set to the next element is calculated, and if the space between the two common portions does not fit on one screen, the texts a and b are next. 2 so that the common part of is displayed
Since one screen is scrolled, the operator can perform editing work without being distracted by the scrolling of the two text screens.

[0036]

As described above, the present invention displays means for displaying a common work area in a plurality of windows and object titles existing in all windows when an icon is dragged to this work area. Means, a means for launching the application when one of the object titles is selected, and a means for deleting the object titles of the work area existing in all windows when the object title is deleted. Since it has, the operator can omit the complicated work to move the window currently being worked on, to temporarily close the work by closing it, or to restore the moved window on the screen to the original state, Therefore, if the operator frequently uses a specific icon, it will improve workability. It can be.

The present invention also provides a judging means for judging whether or not the window is displayed in the full screen, and the window when the icon is dragged out of the window while the window is not displayed in the full screen. A means of displaying all window titles currently existing in the application from among the titles, and when one of the window titles is selected in this display state, the icon is moved to the window having the selected window title. And a means for displaying the menu title in the menu of this window when the window is displayed in full screen, and for the application when this menu title display is selected in this display state. Everything that currently exists Since the operator has means for displaying the window title and means for displaying the icon by moving it to the selected window when the icon is dragged to one of the window titles in this display state, the operator can change the icon to another window. When moving to a window, you can open two windows and drag them, or you can omit the work of cutting out the icon in the source window and pasting it in the destination window. It is possible to improve workability when moving to another window.

The present invention also provides means for displaying two texts on the screen at the same time, and means for retrieving the common part of the two texts displayed by the display means to calculate the interval between the common parts of the respective texts. And a means for scrolling the two texts so that the common part of the two texts is displayed on the screen based on the calculated interval, so that when the interval between the two common parts of the two texts is different. It is possible to omit the work of correcting the display position of one screen, and thus it is possible to improve the workability when the operator simultaneously displays two texts on the screen in a window to perform the editing process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen on which an icon of a window system is displayed in the information processing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen in which an icon is dragged to a common work area.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen in which an object title is displayed in a work area.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen for displaying a window title and designating a destination window when an icon is dragged outside the window in a state where the window is not maximized.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen on which a menu for selecting a window title is displayed in a state where the window is displayed on a full screen.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a list box display control operation as a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing two texts having a common part.

11 is an explanatory diagram showing a management table of a common part of the text of FIG.

12 is a space between the intersections of the two texts of FIG.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the state displayed on the screen.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the display screen of FIG. 12 is scrolled.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before scrolling when a space between common parts of two texts in FIG. 10 does not fit on one screen.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the display screen of FIG. 14 is scrolled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit 2 Storage Device 3 Input Device 4 Output Device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for displaying a common work area in a plurality of windows, a means for displaying object titles existing in all windows when an icon is dragged to the work area, and 1 of the object titles. A window processing device comprising: means for activating the application when one of them is selected; and means for deleting the object title of the work area existing in all windows when the object title is deleted. . 2. A determining means for determining whether or not a window is displayed in full screen, and a window title in a window title when an icon is dragged out of this window when the window is not displayed in full screen. Means for displaying all window titles currently existing in the application, and means for moving and displaying an icon in the window having the selected window title when one of the window titles is selected in this display state. A window processing device comprising: 3. A means for displaying a menu title in the menu of this window when the window is displayed in full screen, and all currently existing in the application when this menu title display is selected in this display state. And a means for displaying the window title of the selected window when the icon is dragged to one of the window titles in this display state. 2. The window processing device described in 2. 4. A means for displaying two texts on a screen simultaneously in a window, a means for searching a common part of the two texts displayed by the display means, and calculating an interval between the common parts of the respective texts. And a means for scrolling the two texts so that a common part of the two texts is displayed on the screen based on the calculated interval.