JPH07253869A - Display switching method for window pattern and display switching device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm a window operation, its content or relation between windows by displaying identification information representing contents of plural windows through scrolling and indicating an optional location of the identification information by a cursor so as to update a display sequence of the identification information of the plural displayed windows. CONSTITUTION:Identification information 2 indicating contents of plural windows 1 being displayed as active windows at present or having been active while being opened before is displayed simultaneously or with scrolling at a prescribed location on a display screen. Then an optional location of the identification information 2 is pointed out by using a cursor to active a concerned window 1 to update a display sequence of the identification information 2 of the plural windows 1 displayed at present. Thus, the relation of sequence of opened and activated windows 1 is visually recognized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a window screen display switching method. With the recent diversification of data processing by computers, when the data and information to be processed are managed in a plurality of windows, the number of the windows is large, and the desired window is activated. When taking out desired data and information, since it takes time to operate, an effective operation method is required.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 5 and 6 are views for explaining a conventional window screen display switching method. FIG. 5 (a) shows a display example when a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner. 5 (b1) and (b2) schematically show a conventional operation example, and FIG. 6 (a) shows a parent-child relationship as another conventional window display example. A display example of a certain window is shown, and FIG. 6 (b) shows an operation example of the window in the parent-child relationship.

In the conventional window screen display method, when a plurality of windows are displayed at the same time, FIG.
As shown in (a), to find a window for reference from multiple overlapping windows,
The contents are checked one by one, and in some cases, the overlapping windows are closed and the target window is searched for.

For example, in FIG. 5A, the windows that are currently open are window 1, window 2, and window 3, and the currently active window is window 3. At this time, if the window to be referred to is window 1, it cannot be recognized where the window 1 to be referred to is. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5B1 and 5B2, the window is moved, After transforming and closing, activate each window in the order of window 3 → window 2 → window 1 and check the contents.

As a concrete example, when it is desired to retrieve the telephone number, name, etc. of a predetermined company in a predetermined area, first, in order to select the area, a window 1 showing a list of the predetermined area is activated, For example, when "Tokyo" is selected, a list of company names in the "Tokyo" area is displayed in window 2. Therefore, when the desired company name is selected, in window 3, the telephone number and affiliation of the selected company are displayed. A list of departments and names is displayed, so for example, of the desired company name,
You can get the information of the telephone number of the desired department.

At this point, if the selection process becomes unclear, as described above, window 3 → window 2 →
It is necessary to activate window 1 and check the contents of each window. This operation is shown in FIG.
It is (b1).

If it is desired to know the telephone number of a department or department belonging to a company in another area, for example, "Osaka", after activating the window 3, as shown in FIG. 5 (b2), It is necessary to return to window 1 again.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, when a large number of child windows are generated from one parent window, the more the child windows are generated,
There is a danger that the contents of the original parent's window and the relationship between the parent and child windows cannot be recognized.

Further, in this state, when returning to the parent window, as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, if all the open child windows are not closed,
You cannot return to the parent window. For this reason, window closing processing is required for the number of child windows.

[0010]

Therefore, in the conventional method of switching the display of the window screen, a plurality of windows are sequentially opened → active, and a plurality of windows 1, 2, 3, ... Alternatively, since the display position is only moved little by little and displayed, the contents of the previously activated windows 1 and 2 cannot be recognized.

Therefore, when trying to recognize the contents of the window 1, a plurality of overlapping windows 3 are displayed.
→ There is a problem that you have to activate the window 2 in order from the top and check the contents, or close the windows other than the reference target among the windows that are currently open. There was a problem that the operation of checking the contents of each window became complicated.

In addition, the window that the operator wants to see can be simply
Moreover, as one of the techniques for surely taking out, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-3
No. 05729, "Window Switching Method" is available.
The technique disclosed in this publication selects a specific window from the windows displayed in an overlapping manner by an icon displayed on the screen and opens / closes the selected window. Therefore, when many windows are opened at the same time, as many icons are generated as a result, and the number of icons that can be displayed on the display device is the maximum number of windows that can be opened and displayed at one time. There are several problems, it is difficult to check the contents of the windows that are currently open, and when multiple windows are opened, it is difficult to grasp the relationship between the activated windows. is there.

A similar technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 425/425.
Although there is a "window display device" in Japanese Patent No. 24, the technology disclosed in this publication temporarily displays all window information in a list and selects a desired window from the displayed list. However, there is a problem in that it is impossible to visually recognize the selection of windows and the relevance of each activated window unless the list is output.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention provides a window switching method for window display,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a window screen switching method that facilitates confirmation of the contents of open windows or the relationship between windows.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. The above problems can be solved by the method of switching the display of the window screen and the display switching device configured as follows.

(1) A display switching method in the case of displaying a plurality of window screens on the display device 2 at the same time. The identification information indicating the contents of each window and the information selected on the screens of the activated windows are simultaneously displayed or scrolled at a predetermined position on the display screen, and the delimiter (/ ) To the next delimiter (/)
By designating the cursor at any position up to this point, the corresponding window is activated, and the identification information of the plurality of displayed windows and the display order of the information selected in the window are updated.

(2) A display switching device having display switching means for displaying a plurality of window screens on the display device 2 at the same time, which is currently active and is being displayed, or has been opened previously. Means 32b, 32c for simultaneously displaying or scrolling the identification information of the plurality of activated windows and the information selected on the screens of the activated windows at a predetermined position on the display screen. And from that delimiter,
A means to activate the corresponding window by pointing the cursor to an arbitrary position up to the next delimiter 32c
And identification information indicating the contents of the plurality of displayed windows, and means 32d for updating the display order of the information selected in the windows.

(3) A display switching method in the case of displaying a plurality of window screens on the display device 2 at the same time. The method is as follows from the delimiter (/) of the plurality of window information displayed at the same time. By pointing the cursor to any place up to the delimiter (/) and giving a predetermined close instruction, the corresponding window, or the corresponding window and its lower direction window, or the corresponding window and its upper level. Configure to close the direction window.

(4) A display switching device having display switching means for displaying a plurality of window screens on the display device 2 at the same time. By pointing the cursor anywhere from the symbol to the next delimiter and giving a predetermined close instruction, the corresponding window, or
The corresponding window and its lower windows,
Alternatively, it is configured to have a means (32d) for closing the window in question and the window in the upper direction.

[0020]

That is, the method of switching the display of the window screen according to the present invention comprises a plurality of windows 1, windows 2 ...
When is displayed, for example, at the bottom line of the screen, identification information indicating the contents of the opened window, for example, title name, proper noun, item name selected in the window, and item information are displayed simultaneously. Alternatively, scroll display is performed. When a previously opened window is activated, the identification information indicating the contents of the displayed window is displayed.
Or, from information delimiter (/) to delimiter (/)
By selecting and clicking any position of the part displayed with, with the mouse etc., the corresponding window is displayed actively, and the identification information of the above window and the display order of the selected information are updated. It is the one.

Therefore, the identification information indicating the contents of the plurality of windows that are currently open and the selected item information can be visually recognized at a glance, and when the number of open windows is large. Can display the identification information of the corresponding window and the selected item information by scrolling, so the contents of the previously opened and activated windows can be sequentially displayed, simplifying window operations. , The contents of windows that have been opened and are once active, and the relationships between the windows, specifically,
This has the effect of visually recognizing the chaining (order) of windows that have been opened and activated once.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 described above is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention.
Is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, showing a schematic configuration of a window screen display device of the present invention,
3 and 4 are flowcharts showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, a means for simultaneously displaying or scrolling the identification information indicating the contents of a plurality of windows currently opened and the selected item information, for example, at the bottom line of the screen. If you want to reactivate a window that was previously activated and you selected information, you can change the information displayed in the bottom line of the above screen from the separator (/) to the separator (/) of the information that is being displayed simultaneously or scrolling. Any place up to /), for example,
Select with a mouse etc. and give a click instruction to activate the corresponding window and update the display order of the information displayed on the bottom line of the above screen, specifically,
For the activated window, the identification information and the selected information are added to the right of the bottom line of the screen, and for the closed window, the displayed identification information and the selected information are deleted. Means are the means necessary to carry out the invention. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the drawings.

The method of switching the window screen display of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 while referring to FIG. First, in FIG. 2, the main memory (MM) 3 has a window memory area 30 for storing information of a plurality of windows and a window selection register area 31.
And various program modules 32a ... The central processing unit (CPU) 1 stores identification information indicating the contents of a plurality of windows, for example, three windows as shown in FIG. 1, and item information selected by the operator. A window selection register 10 having a shift function is provided.

When an instruction to open a desired window is input from the operator console 2a, the window open module 32a is activated and the instructed window 1
Is selected from the window memory area 30 to open and activate the corresponding window 1. After that, the contents of the window 1 are set in the bit map memory 4 by the window display module 32b, which will be described later, and the contents are displayed in a predetermined area on the display device 2. For example, in the case of the window 1 for selecting a region when performing region designation for knowing the telephone numbers of the companies scattered in the above-mentioned predetermined region, "Tokyo""Osaka" ~
Item information indicating the "region" such as is displayed. {Refer to processing steps 100, 101, 102 in FIG. 3} Here, when the operator selects “Tokyo” from the list of areas displayed in the window 1,
Title name and number of the window 1 (window 1)
And the selected information "Tokyo", a predetermined position of the window selection register 10 in the central processing unit (CPU) 1, for example, as the window information on the far right,
The window display module 32b is restarted while the settings are made as shown in FIG. 1 (c). {Fig. 3
Processing step 103 of the above} The window display module 32b stores the contents set in the window selection register 10 in the window memory area 30 in a predetermined area of the bitmap memory 4 so that the display section 2 displays As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), from the contents of the designated window 1, the title name and number of the window 1 (window 1), and the selected information "Tokyo". Window information is in the format as shown, for example,
It is displayed as "/ Window 1 (Tokyo) /".
{Refer to processing step 104 of FIG. 3} By repeating the same operation, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), a plurality of pieces of window information [corresponding to the contents of window 1, window 2, ... Contents of window selection register 10 {Window number and selected information): Window information: See Fig. 1 (c)}]
Is displayed. {Refer to processing steps 100 to 104 in FIG. 3} The window selection register 10 has a configuration in which a plurality of pieces of window information, in this embodiment, three pieces of window information can be set, and the windows are opened and activated. Each time, the contents of the window selection register 10 are shifted to the left, and the identification information indicating the contents of the activated window and the information selected in the window are stored in the window selection register 10 in the right-justified manner, for example. It is set in the format. Therefore, the window information set on the rightmost side of the window selection register 10 is the most recently opened and active window. {Refer to processing step 103 in FIG. 3} The number of windows instructed to open is the capacity of the window selection register 10, in the above example, for example, the number capable of storing three pieces of window information (= 3). When the number exceeds, the overflowed past window information (for example, information of window 1) is stored in the window selection register area 31 of the main memory (MM) 3 and the window selection in the central processing unit (CPU) 1 is performed. Together with register 10, it forms a shift register.

As described above, in the display switching method of the window screen display according to the present invention, for example,
In the bottom line, the window information consisting of the window number (or title name) that has been opened so far and the selected item information is in the right-justified format, and the window information of the currently active window is displayed. Since the information is set on the rightmost side and displayed, the contents of the opened windows are displayed in the order in which they were opened, and the relationship between each opened window (for example, the order of opening) can be recognized. It will be easy.

Here, if it is desired to know the item information of a window that has been opened in the past, for example, window 1, of the window information displayed in the bottom line of the display unit 2, for example, the shaded portion {Fig. See 1 (a) and (b)}
The window display shift module 32c is activated by pointing the cursor with a mouse (not shown) and clicking. {Refer to the processing step 105 of FIG. 3} The window display shift module 32c selects the window on the window selection register 10 set in the central processing unit (CPU) 1 and the main storage unit (MM) 3. In cooperation with the register area 31, the above window information regarding all the windows that have been opened so far is left-shifted or right-shifted and displayed, so that the window opened in the past, for example, the item of window 1 is displayed. Information can be retrieved easily. {Refer to processing step 106 in FIG. 3} In addition, for example, window 4 among window 3, window 4 and window 5 displayed on the display section 2 of the window screen display device shown in FIG. 1 (a). If you want to selectively activate, select any position between the delimiter (/) and the delimiter (/) corresponding to the window 4 in the window information displayed on the display 2 above. The window display selection module 32d is activated by pointing and clicking the cursor with a mouse (not shown).

The window display selection module 32d is
Delimiter corresponding to window 4 clicked above
The area from (/) to the delimiter (/) is highlighted, for example, to deactivate the window 5 which is currently in the active state and to activate the instructed window 4 and to display the above-mentioned display portion. Update the window information displayed in the bottom line of 2. Specifically, “/ Window 5 (XXXX
X) / ”is shifted to the left and, for example, the window information“ / window4 (XXXXX) / ”relating to the window 4 which is now in the active state is moved to the right side of“ / window5 (XXXXX) / ”above (delete, delete The operation to add on the right).

Similarly, the window 3, the window 4, and the window 5 displayed on the display section 2 of the window screen display device shown in FIG. 1A, for example, the window 3 is selectively selected. When the user wants to activate it, any position between the delimiter (/) and the delimiter (/) corresponding to the window 3 in the window information displayed on the display unit 2 is not shown, for example. By pointing the cursor with the mouse and clicking,
Above "/ window4 (XXXXX) /", "/ window5 (XX
XXX) / ”is shifted to the left and the window information“ / window3
Move (XXXXX) / "to the right side of" / Window 5 (XXXXX) / "that was displayed on the far right side until now, and display it. {Fig. 3
In the above embodiment, the window to be activated is arbitrarily switched, but by pressing a predetermined key on the console 2a, the switching operation is closed. Thus, it is possible to selectively close any window among the open windows.

Further, in the above-mentioned closing operation, by pressing another key, it is possible to close all windows in the upper direction or the lower direction from the window just instructed. Specifically, the window selection register 10 that can form the above-mentioned linked shift register,
The window information in the upper direction or the lower direction is cleared from the window information of the above-specified window in the window selection register area 31 on the main memory (MM) 3. At this time, the window selection register area 31
The above-mentioned shift can be achieved by configuring so that it can be deleted (this kind of structure can be easily realized by switching the pointer when clearing, because the window selection register area 31 has a list structure). The operation can be speeded up. If the window selection register area 31 is not deleted, blank information is displayed when the shift operation is performed, and it takes time to select desired window information. {Refer to processing step 108 in FIG. 4} In the above embodiment, an example in which the window information including the identification information indicating the content of the window and the information for selecting the content (item) information of the window is simultaneously displayed will be described. However, it goes without saying that it is also possible to display only the identification information indicating the contents of the window or only the information selected from the contents (item) information of the window.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the window screen display switching method, information selected at present or in a plurality of previously opened windows is displayed simultaneously or scrolled, and the information is separated. By pointing the cursor to an arbitrary position from the symbol (/) to the next delimiter (/), the corresponding window is made active and the window information selected in the plurality of displayed windows is updated. Further, the displayed window information is scroll-displayed by pointing the cursor to a predetermined display symbol (shaded symbol).
In addition, with the specified key operation, the specified window,
The feature is that the window in the lower direction or the window in the upper direction is closed.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the window screen display switching method of the present invention, the identification information indicating the contents of the plurality of currently open windows and the selected item information are It can be visually recognized at a glance, and if there are many open windows, the scroll display can display the identification information indicating the contents of the window and the selected item information. , The contents of previously opened windows can be selectively displayed, the window operation is simplified, the contents of already opened windows, and the relation between the windows opened and activated. The effect of visually recognizing sex can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention (No. 1)

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention (part 2)

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional window screen display switching method (No. 1).

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a conventional window screen display switching method (part 2).

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Central processing unit (CPU) 10 Window selection register 2 Display 2a Operator console 3 Main memory (MM) 30 Window memory area 31 Window selection register area 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d Program module 4 Bit map memory 100 to 108 processing Step window window identification information (title name, window number) (item) information window information (window identification information, item information)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A display switching method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of window () screens on a display device (2), which is currently active and is being displayed, or has been previously opened and active. The identification information () indicating the contents of a plurality of windows () is displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen at the same time or scrolled, and the cursor is pointed to any position of the identification information (). A method for switching the display of a window screen, characterized by activating the corresponding window () and updating the display order of the identification information () of the plurality of displayed windows (). 2. A display switching method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of window () screens on a display device (2), which is currently active and is being displayed, or has been previously opened and active. Information () selected on the screens of a plurality of windows () can be simultaneously or scroll-displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen, and the cursor can be pointed to any place of the selected information (). , A method for switching the display of a window screen, characterized in that the corresponding window () is activated and the display order of the information () selected in the plurality of windows () displayed above is updated. 3. A display switching method for displaying a plurality of window () screens on a display device (2) at the same time, which is currently active and is being displayed, or which has been previously opened and active. Identification information () indicating the contents of a plurality of windows () and information () selected on the screens of the activated plurality of windows () are displayed simultaneously at a predetermined position on the display screen, or The window is scrolled, and the identification information () and the selected information () are pointed to by the cursor.
A window screen characterized by activating () and updating the display order of the identification information () indicating the contents of the plurality of windows () displayed above and the information () selected in the window (). Display switching method. 4. A display switching device having display switching means for displaying a plurality of windows () on the display device (2) at the same time, which is currently active and is being displayed, or before. The identification information () that indicates the contents of the multiple windows () that were opened and activated on the screen and the information () selected on the screen of the activated multiple windows () are displayed at the predetermined positions on the display screen. , The corresponding window () is activated by pointing the cursor at any place of the simultaneous display or scroll display (32b, 32c), the identification information (), and the selected information (). Means (32c)
And the identification information () of the multiple windows () displayed above, and the information selected in the window ()
A display switching device for a window screen, comprising: means (32d) for updating the display order of (). 5. A display switching method in the case of displaying a plurality of windows () on the display device (2) at the same time, the method comprising: By pointing the cursor to an arbitrary position up to the delimiter and giving a predetermined close command, the corresponding window (), the corresponding window (), and the window in the lower direction (), or the corresponding window
A method for switching the display of the window screen, which is characterized in that () and the window () in the upper direction are closed. 6. A display switching device comprising display switching means for displaying a plurality of windows () on the display device (2) at the same time, said plurality of windows being displayed simultaneously. By pointing the cursor anywhere from the information delimiter to the next delimiter and giving a predetermined close instruction, the relevant window (), or the relevant window () and its lower window () , Or the corresponding window
A window screen display switching device comprising () and means (32d) for closing the window () in the upper direction thereof.