JPH09292960A - Collective deletion system for the same attribute screen parts - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the increase of manipulated variable and the omission of screen parts to be deleted by providing a function for collectively eliminating the screen parts of attributes, which a user designates, from a screen compiling area and preparing an icon or a menu for starting the function on a palette. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a display 101, a keyboard 103, a mouse 102, an execution part 104 and a screen data file 105. The user selects the screen parts which are to be stuck to the screen compiling area from the palette by using the mouse 102 and executes complication on the screen compiling area in desired positions and in desired sizes. The execution part 104 is provided with a screen generation function and the screen part collective deletion function. When the user selects the collective deletion icon, the same attribute screen part collective deletion function is started. Then, the screen parts of the attributes previously designated by the user can collectively be deleted from the screen compiling area.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work for creating a screen of a computer system by selecting screen components from a palette and pasting them in a screen editing area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, software operating on a personal computer (hereinafter, personal computer is referred to as a personal computer) has been used in It has an excellent function in the creation work, and can create a screen more efficiently and easily as compared with the conventional technique. The screen creation function of software that runs on a personal computer is generally a palette in which screen components that are screen components (screen components are also called icons or controls) are arranged in a menu (palettes are also called toolbars or toolboxes). ) And a screen editing area (screen editing area is also called a form), which is an area to paste screen components, and the user selects the necessary screen components from the palette and pastes them in the screen editing area. It is attached to complete the screen. However, according to the screen creation function supported by the currently distributed PC version software, if you want to delete multiple screen components with a single delete operation, you must select all the screen components to delete with a mouse etc. Generally, the specifications do not become.

[0003]

In the conventional method, when a plurality of screen components are deleted by a single deleting operation, all the screen components to be deleted must be selected with a mouse or the like.
Therefore, for example, if you want to delete all the screen components with a certain attribute while editing several or dozens of screen components with several attributes, you need a mouse in the screen editing area. By moving as described above, the delete command is issued after selecting only all screen components having a specific attribute to be deleted, which causes a problem that the operation amount increases. Further, in this method, the user visually selects a screen component, and thus it is possible that the screen component that should be selected by the user's oversight is left unselected in the screen editing area. As described above, the conventional screen creation function still has problems to be improved in the user interface when deleting a plurality of screen components.

[0004]

The present invention can solve the problems of the prior art by adding the following two points to the conventional screen creating function. First, the first point is to have a screen component batch deletion function for collectively deleting all screen components having the attributes designated by the user from the screen editing area. Next, the second point is that the icon or menu for activating the screen component batch deletion function for the user (hereinafter, "the icon or menu for activating the screen component batch deletion function for the user" is abbreviated to "collective deletion icon"). ) Is to be prepared on the pallet.

The operation procedure of the user and the cooperation of the functions according to the present invention are performed by the following method. The user selects from the palette the screen component icons that he wants to delete all at once from the screen editing area. Further, the user selects the batch delete icon. When the user selects the batch delete icon, the same attribute screen part batch delete function is activated, and all the screen parts having the attribute already specified by the user can be deleted all at once from the screen edit area.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the present invention. The system configuration includes a display 101, a keyboard 103, a mouse 102, an execution unit 104, and a screen data file 10
5 is comprised. Mouse 1 on the display 101
02 and the keyboard 103 are used to create a screen.
The execution unit 104 is software that realizes the present invention.
In addition to the conventional screen creation function, a screen component batch deletion function is provided, and the screen data edited on the screen editing area by the display 101 is output to the screen data file 105. Conversely, the screen data stored in the screen data file 105 is also read and displayed on the display 101. FIG. 2 is a process flow chart showing the activation timing of the conventional screen creating function and the function of the present invention. First, the user starts screen creation work (the process flow starts). The user creates the screen while pasting the screen components in the screen editing area. FIG. 3 shows an example in which screen components are edited in the screen editing area. The screen creation function displays the screen creation environment 101a shown in FIG. 3 on the display 101. The user selects a screen component to be attached to the screen editing area 302 from the pallet 301 using the arrow 303 of the mouse 102, and edits it in the screen editing area 302 at a desired position and in a desired size. Screen components that have been edited once can be deleted, copied, moved, enlarged,
By properly using functions such as reduction and color setting, the user can easily edit the screen as he has in mind. In FIG. 3, the batch delete icon, which is a signal to activate the screen parts batch delete function, is displayed at the bottom of the palette 301 as “DE”.
An icon is displayed with the letter "L". Fig. 4 shows an example in which the user selects a screen component.
One screen component in the palette 401 is selected by the arrow 403 indicated by 02. In this example, the user selects the A component as the screen component that he / she wants to delete from the screen editing area 402 all at once from the palette 401 with the arrow 403 using the mouse 102. FIG. 5 is an example in which the user selects the batch delete icon. User is mouse 1
The collective deletion icon in the palette 501 is selected by the arrow 503 indicated by 02. FIG. 6 is an example in which the user finally confirms whether all the screen components selected by the user (by activating the screen component batch deletion function) may be collectively deleted from the screen editing area. Final confirmation is performed by displaying the inquiry small window 604. If the user wants to delete all the selected screen components from the screen editing area at once, he / she selects the "Yes" button 604a with the arrow 603 by the mouse 102. If the user wants to cancel the process of collectively deleting all the selected screen components from the screen editing area, he / she selects the “No” button 604 b with the arrow 603 by the mouse 102. FIG. 7 is an example in which the user gives an instruction to execute deletion in response to an inquiry about whether or not to delete all the screen components selected by the user from the screen editing area. The user clicks the "Yes" button 704a with the mouse 102.
Is selected by an arrow 703. When the user selects the "Yes" button 704a on the inquiry small window 704 with the arrow 703 of the mouse 102, the screen component batch deletion function in FIG. 2 is activated (202). FIG. 8 shows an example in which the screen parts batch deletion function is activated. In this example, the user selects the A component from the pallet 401 by the arrow 403 with the mouse 102 as the screen component which is desired to be collectively deleted from the screen editing area 402. FIG. 8 is an example in which all the A parts have been deleted from the screen editing area 802.

[0008]

According to the present invention, screen components having a specific attribute are collectively deleted from the screen editing area according to a user's deletion instruction. As a result, one screen component with a certain attribute
This has the effect of solving the problem that unnecessary screen components remain in the screen editing area due to an increase in the amount of operation due to repeated operations that occur when selecting and deleting one by one and the user's oversight. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a conventional screen creation function and a start timing of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen creation environment.

FIG. 4 is an example in which a user selects a screen component.

FIG. 5 is an example in which a user selects a batch delete icon.

FIG. 6 is an example of inquiring a user whether to activate the screen parts batch deletion function.

FIG. 7 is an example in which the user gives an instruction to activate the screen component batch deletion function.

FIG. 8 is an example in which a screen parts batch deletion function is activated.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Display, 102 ... Mouse, 1
03 ... Keyboard, 104 ... Execution unit, 105
… Screen data file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When creating a screen or form in a computer system, when deleting a screen component that is already inserted in the screen editing area, an attribute specified by the user among the screen components existing in the screen editing area. By deleting all of the screen components in batch, it is possible to increase the amount of operation due to repeated deletion operations and to prevent oversight of screen components to be deleted.