JPH0773002A - Window control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the operation time by collectively performing operations of movement, enlargement/reduction, and erasing of a window group related to an arbitrary window with respect to the window control of a computer system in multi-window circumstances. CONSTITUTION:A window information storage means 6 where window information indicating dimensions and positions of individual windows are stored and a window relation information storage means 4 where mutual relations of overlap among individual windows are stored as window relation information in a form of a tree structure are provided, and a window relation information acquiring means 3 selects respective windows of a designated window group from the window relation information storage means 4 in accordance with the collective operation indication of the overlapping window group and gives them to a window information change means 5 together with change information to change the contents of the window information storage means 6. Windows are displayed in accordance with changed contents.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a window control system, and more particularly to a window control system in a computer system which is a multi-window environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, control of this type of window has been realized by a user individually moving, enlarging / reducing or erasing a plurality of windows.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional window control method, when a plurality of windows already developed on the screen are moved to one side on the screen, or a plurality of windows already developed on the screen are moved. To delete all the windows, the user repeatedly uses the pointing device such as the mouse to repeatedly move, scale, or delete all the individual windows to be moved, scaled, or deleted. The drawback is that it has to be done.

[0004]

According to the window control method of the present invention, in the window control method of a computer system which is a multi-window environment, window information storage means for storing window information indicating the size and position of each window, Window relation information storage means for storing window relation information indicating mutual relation of overlapping of the individual windows, and interpreting an operation instruction from the user to select an operation for one window or a collective operation for a plurality of windows. When the window operation selecting means and the window operation selecting means select the collective operation of a plurality of windows, the specified window among the information of the superposition relation of all the windows stored in the window relation information storage means Win to get information about the superposition relationship about (C) The relation information acquisition means and the individual information stored in the window information storage means in accordance with the movement, enlargement / reduction, or deletion of the window designated in the operation instruction based on the window relation information extracted by the window relation information acquisition means. Window information changing means for changing the window information, and a window for displaying the individual windows on the screen according to the size and position information regarding the individual windows stored in the window information storing means changed by the window information changing means. In the window relation information storage means, when the display means and a new window on the window information storage means are generated, or the relation of superposition between a plurality of windows on the screen is changed due to movement or deletion of existing windows. Change the stored window related information. It constituted by providing a window related information changing means.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, an input device 1, a window operation selecting means 2, a window relation information acquiring means 3, a window relation information storing means 4, a window information changing means 5, a window information storing means 6, a window displaying means 7, a screen control device. 8 and window-related information changing means 9. In each unit in this configuration, the input device 1 is equipped with a keyboard and a mouse, and the screen control device 8 is equipped with a high-resolution bitmap display, and X-WINDOW and MS are provided.
-Each device in a general workstation system or personal computer system such as a computer system main body equipped with a window management program such as WINDOWS.

In the above structure, when working normally in a multi-window environment, the user develops at least one window on the screen. There are various modes of displaying these windows, such as a case where individual application programs are individually performed for each window, and a case where one application program displays a plurality of windows. In order to individually move, enlarge, reduce, or delete the windows, these windows are first given a window individual operation instruction from the input device 1. The window individual operation instruction information from the input device 1 is judged by the window operation selecting means 2, and in the case of the window individual operation instruction, it is delivered to the window information changing means 5. Window information changing means 5
Among the window information stored in the window information storage means 6, the information regarding the position and size of the corresponding window is changed or erased in accordance with the operation instruction contents for moving, enlarging / reducing, or erasing. The state of the new window due to the change of the window information is based on the window information stored in the window information storage means 6.
The window display means 7 draws on a bitmap display mounted on the screen control device 8.

On the other hand, when the user performs an operation such as moving, enlarging / reducing, or erasing a plurality of windows that are related to each other, rather than instructing each window to operate each window as described above, If a plurality of related windows can be collectively instructed for operation at the same time, the operation time can be shortened and work efficiency can be improved. In order to collectively give an instruction, collectively grasping a plurality of windows as operation targets is called grouping below.

When a user groups arbitrary windows, the input device 1 is used to move the specific windows so that the windows to be grouped overlap each other according to the procedure described above. For example, when the window A and the window B are grouped, the window A
When the window A or the window B is moved so that a part of the window covers the upper surface of a part of the window B, the grouping in which the window A belongs to the window B is set. On the contrary, when a part of the window B is moved so as to cover the upper surface of a part of the window A, the grouping in which the window B belongs to the window A is set. In this way, when the lower window is grouped so as to include the upper window, the window relation information storage means 4 stores information regarding these relations as tree structure information.

Next, when the user collectively performs operations such as moving, enlarging / reducing, and erasing a plurality of windows belonging to any of the stored window groups, the input device 1 issues an instruction for window collective operation. give. The window collective operation instruction information from the input device 1 is judged by the window operation selecting means 2, and in the case of the window collective operation instruction, the window related information obtaining means 3 is delivered. The window relation information acquisition unit 3 refers to the relation information between windows stored in the window relation information storage unit 4 to specify a plurality of windows belonging to a window group having the designated window as the lowest rank, The window information changing means 5 indicates the operation instruction such as move, enlargement / reduction, or deletion and the name of the target window group.
Communicate to. The window information changing means 5 changes the window information stored in the window information storage means 6 with respect to the positions and dimensions of a plurality of corresponding windows in accordance with operation instruction contents for moving, enlarging / reducing, or erasing. . The window display means 7 draws a new window state due to the change of the window information on the bitmap display mounted on the screen control device 8 based on the window information stored in the window information storage means 6. When the window overlapping relation is newly changed by the collective operation of the windows, the changed new window overlapping relation information is transmitted from the window information storage means 6 to the window relation information changing means 9. . The window relation information changing means 9 makes a change to the window relation information stored in the window relation information storage means 4 based on the transmitted new window relation information.

As described above, it is possible to collectively perform the operation of moving, enlarging / reducing, or erasing an arbitrary window and a series of window groups related to the window by using the information on the overlapping of the windows. As a result, complicated window operations such as repeating movement, scaling, and deletion operations for each window in order to arrange the windows so that the screen is easy for users to see and operate, are greatly reduced. You can save time.

[0012]

As described above, according to the window control method of the present invention, by storing information on the relationship of overlapping windows, it is possible to move an arbitrary window and a series of window groups related to the window. Since scaling and erasing operations can be performed collectively, the user repeats moving, scaling, and erasing operations for each window in order to organize the windows so that the screen is easy to see and operate. The complicated window operation is greatly reduced, and the operation time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 2 Window operation selection means 3 Window relation information acquisition means 4 Window relation information storage means 5 Window information change means 6 Window information storage means 7 Window display means 8 Screen control device 9 Window relation information change means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a window control method of a computer system which is a multi-window environment, a window information storage means for storing window information indicating a size and a position of each window and a mutual relation of superposition of the individual windows are shown. The window relation information storage means for storing the window relation information, the window operation selection means for interpreting the operation instruction from the user and selecting the operation for one window or the collective operation of a plurality of windows, and the window operation selection means. When the collective operation of a plurality of windows is selected, the window relation information for retrieving the superposition relation information regarding the specified window among the superposition relation information of all the windows stored in the window relation information storage means. Acquisition method and this window related information Window information changing means for changing individual window information stored in the window information storage means in accordance with movement, enlargement / reduction, or deletion of the window specified in the operation instruction based on the window-related information taken out by the obtaining means, On the window information storage means, window display means for displaying each window on the screen in accordance with the size and position information relating to each window stored in the window information storage means changed by the window information storage means. A window relation for changing the window relation information stored in the window relation information storage means when the relation of superposition between a plurality of windows on the screen is changed due to generation of a new window or movement or deletion of an existing window. And an information changing unit. That window control system.