JPH0830422A - Information processor and command resetting method for shortcut menu - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reselect a command in the shortcut menu without moving a pointer. CONSTITUTION:When the right trigger button of a mouse 10 is depressed after a command execution object is selected by the mouse 10, an acceptance part 21 accepts operation of the shortcut menu. When the short cut menu is executed not for the 1st time at this time, a last executed command is read out of a storage part 22. A calculation part 23 calculates the display position of the shortcut menu so that the read command is close to the place where the mouse pointer is present. Based on the calculation result of the calculation part 23, the shortcut menu is displayed on the display screen of a display 30. When the command to be executed is selected, the selected command is newly stored in the storage part 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shortcut menu command selection method for application software used in an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a shortcut menu command reselection method in consideration of operability during re-execution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among application software used in information processing apparatuses, there is a shortcut menu. Here, the shortcut menu is
When a command execution target (operation target) is selected and the right mouse button is clicked, only commands that can be executed for that target are displayed in a menu format.
The shortcut menu contains several frequently used commands. Since the shortcut menu is displayed by clicking the right mouse button of the operation target, there is an advantage that the menu can be displayed without moving the mouse pointer to the menu bar. In addition, the shortcut menu, "Direct menu", depending on the application software,
Also called "right button menu".

Conventionally, selection / execution of a command in a shortcut menu of application software is performed as follows. First, select the command execution target. Click the right mouse button to display the shortcut menu on the display screen. Here, the shortcut menu Ms is, as shown in FIG. 3A, a command name indicating a plurality of commands surrounded by a frame, and the upper left corner of the frame is located at the position of the mouse pointer Pm. Then, the shortcut menu Ms is displayed on the display screen of the display. The mouse pointer Pm is moved from the shortcut menu Ms to the command name to be executed. Finally, select and execute the command. Then, in order to execute the same command again, it is necessary to repeat the operation in the same manner. That is, in the shortcut menu Ms, the mouse pointer had to be moved to the command name to be executed.

As a prior art related to the present invention, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 63-49818 (hereinafter, referred to as "known art 1") stores a command selected and executed before in a command storage unit. Is displayed in the previous command display area of the terminal device screen so that the previously selected command can be selected while watching the display.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-179548 (hereinafter, referred to as a publicly known technique 2), when a plurality of commands are to be re-executed, the commands are continuously displayed at the same time as the command is selected / changed on a log display screen or the like. "Command re-execution processing method" that reduces the operator's labor and improves operability by giving instructions for execution and executing selected commands continuously, eliminating the need for key input for each command "
Is disclosed.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-191066 (hereinafter, referred to as a known technique 3), when a predetermined drawing is sequentially executed while using a plurality of commands, interrupted command information is displayed in a part of the drawing screen. The "interruption command display system" is disclosed in which the display is erased from the drawing screen only after the suspended and restarted command is restarted. In the known technique 3 having such a configuration, the operator can accurately understand the content of the interruption command and the order of interruption only by looking at the display of the interruption command on the screen.
Resume of suspended commands can be done very smoothly. Also,
Since the suspend command is displayed on the screen, it is possible to eliminate the risk of making a mistake in the drawing process or restarting the drawing from the beginning.

[0007]

According to the conventional command selection method of the shortcut menu described above, even when the previously executed command is reselected, the mouse pointer does not have to be moved to the command name to be executed in the shortcut menu. I shouldn't have.

Further, in the known technique 1, since the executed command is stored in the command storage section and is simultaneously displayed in the previous command display area of the terminal device screen, the command displayed in the previous command display area is executed. If you want to
As with the prior art, it is necessary to move a pointer such as a mouse pointer onto the command name. Known technology 2 is
If you want to re-execute multiple commands, we disclosed a technology that improves the operability when re-executing commands by allowing you to instruct continuous execution at the same time as selecting and changing commands on the log display screen. However, nothing is described about the relationship between the log display screen and the pointer. The well-known technique 3, like the well-known technique 1, only discloses a technique in which a command is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen.

A technical object of the present invention is to enable re-execution of a command in a shortcut menu without moving the pointer.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a display having a display screen, a pointing device (mouse) for pointing a position on the display screen with a pointer (mouse pointer), and inputting a command, and this input. In an information processing device having a processing device for processing the executed command and displaying a processing result on a display screen, the processing device stores a previously executed command, and a pointing device (mouse) operation. With the reception unit that receives a shortcut menu that displays multiple commands in the form of a menu, and the previously executed command from the storage unit, the pointer (mouse pointer)
There is provided an information processing device comprising: a calculation unit that calculates a display position of a shortcut menu so that a previously executed command is located at a certain position.

Further, according to the present invention, one command is selected from the shortcut menus displayed on the display screen of the display for displaying a plurality of commands in the form of a menu on the display screen by a pointer (mouse pointer).
A method for selecting a command by operating a pointing device (mouse) capable of moving, and again selecting the command in the shortcut menu in the information processing device that executes the selected command,
Includes the step of storing the previously executed command and the step of displaying the shortcut menu on the display screen so that the previously executed command will be at the position of the pointer (mouse pointer) when executing the command in the shortcut menu. A shortcut menu command reselection method is obtained.

[0012]

Function: The previously executed command is stored in the storage unit. Next, when executing the command in the shortcut menu, the command executed last time is displayed at the position of the pointer (mouse pointer).

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus to which a command reselection method of a shortcut menu according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The illustrated information processing device includes a mouse 10 as an input device, a processing device 20 for processing a command input from the mouse 10, and a display 30 as a display device for outputting a result processed by the processing device 20. I have it.

The processing device 20 includes a reception unit 21 that receives the shortcut menu Ms, a storage unit 22 that stores the previously executed command, and a calculation unit 23 that calculates the display position of the shortcut menu Ms as described later. Have.

The mouse 10 is provided with two buttons, a right button (not shown) and a left button (not shown), and commands are input using the two buttons. The right mouse button is used to select a command from the display on the display screen of the command menu display 30 and the displayed command menu.

Here, the command menu includes a shortcut menu Ms according to the present invention. As described above, the shortcut menu Ms is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of commands (A command, B command, C command, D command in this example) that can be executed on the command execution target are displayed in the form of a menu.

On the other hand, the left button of the mouse 10 is used to specify the operation target (erase command or the like) or the fulcrum and the end point (line drawing command) while any command is selected.

Next, the operation of the command reselection method for the shortcut menu Ms according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, after selecting a command execution target with the mouse 10, the right button of the mouse 10 is pressed (step S1). As a result, the accepting unit 21 accepts the operation of the shortcut menu Ms. At that time, the accepting unit 21 determines whether or not it is the first time to execute the accepted shortcut menu Ms (step S2).

In the case of the first time (Yes in step S2), a flag (not shown) indicating that it is not the first time is set next time (step S3), and then the shortcut menu Ms is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (a). It is displayed on the display screen of 30 (step S4). Here, mouse 10
The shortcut menu Ms is displayed on the display screen of the display 30 so that the left corner of the frame of the shortcut menu Ms comes to the position of the mouse pointer Pm designated by. Then, the mouse 10 is operated to select the command to be executed from the displayed shortcut menu Ms (step S5). In this example, B
Suppose a command is selected. The selected B command is stored in the storage unit 22 (step S6).

The operation when the command in the shortcut menu Ms is subsequently selected after the selected B command is executed will be described. in this case,
As described above, after selecting the command execution target with the mouse 10, the right button of the mouse 10 is pressed (step S1). As a result, the accepting unit 21 accepts the operation of the shortcut menu Ms. At that time, the reception unit 2
1 determines whether or not the received shortcut menu Ms is executed for the first time (step S2). Since this is not the first time (No in step S2), the calculation unit 23
The previously executed B command is read from the storage unit 22 (step S7), and the display position of the shortcut menu Ms is calculated so that the previously executed B command is positioned at the position where the mouse pointer Pm is (step S8). Based on the calculation result, as shown in FIG. 3B, the shortcut menu Ms is displayed on the display screen of the display 30 (step S4). That is, the B command executed last time is positioned at the position where the mouse pointer Pm is located.

Then, as described above, the mouse 10
To select the command to be executed from the displayed shortcut menu Ms (step S
5). At this time, when the previously executed command is reselected, the command can be reexecuted without moving the mouse pointer Pm.
The selected command is newly stored in the storage unit 22 (step S6).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, although the mouse is used as the pointing device in the above-described embodiment, another pointing device may be used as long as the pointer displayed on the display screen of the display can be moved.

[0025]

As described above, since the command reselection method of the shortcut menu according to the present invention stores the command executed last time, when the command executed last time is reselected, the pointer on the display screen is changed. The effect that it can be re-executed without moving the (mouse pointer). Originally, the shortcut menu has an advantage that a command can be selected without moving the pointer to the menu bar, but the effect is further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus to which a command reselection method for a shortcut menu according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of a shortcut menu command reselection method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen image of a shortcut menu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 mouse (input device) 20 processing device 21 reception unit 22 storage unit 23 calculation unit 30 display (display device)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display having a display screen, a pointing device for pointing a position on the display screen with a pointer to input a command, processing the input command, and displaying a processing result on the display screen. In an information processing device having a processing device for causing the processing device, the processing device stores a command previously executed,
By operating the pointing device, a reception unit that receives a shortcut menu that displays a plurality of commands in a menu format, and the previously executed command is read from the storage unit, and the previously executed command is located at a position where the pointer is located. An information processing apparatus comprising: a calculation unit that calculates the display position of the shortcut menu. 2. The pointing device is a mouse, and the pointer is a mouse pointer.
The information processing device described. 3. A pointing device capable of moving one command from a shortcut menu displayed on a display screen of a display and displaying a plurality of commands in a menu format on the display screen. A method of reselecting a command in the shortcut menu in an information processing apparatus that is selected by operating and executes the selected command, the step of storing a previously executed command, and the command in the shortcut menu And executing the command, displaying the shortcut menu on the display screen so that the previously executed command comes to the position of the pointer. 4. The pointing device is a mouse, and the pointer is a mouse pointer.
How to reselect the command in the shortcut menu described.