JPH10149272A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To separate a window of high display order from a cursor position so that the indication of the cursor in an operation window is not disturbed by deciding the position relation between the cursor position and a display area of a display window and moving and separating the display window from the current position of the cursor according to the decision result. SOLUTION: At a display part 9, windows are open having display order set. A position specifying means 100 operates the cursor moving on the display part 9. A window information area 700 holds the attributes of the windows. A decision means 400 inputs the position of the cursor operated by the position specifying means 100 and decides the position relation between the cursor position and the display area of the display window according to the information from the window information area 700. A moving means 500 moves and separates the display window from the current position of the cursor according to the decision result of the decision means 400.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a window display system, and more particularly to control of a plurality of windows or icons having a fixed display order.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A GUI (Graphical User Interface) has a single display screen, a plurality of windows are opened in the screen, and each window is operated by a cursor instruction such as a mouse.
2. Description of the Related Art An information processing device system including a (RAPHICAL USER INTERFACE) system has been generalized.

In these systems, a plurality of windows opened on a display unit have different display areas.
In addition, the display positions are also different. Therefore, a certain window and another window may be displayed side by side on the display unit, or may be displayed while partially overlapping each other.

FIG. 6 shows a case where two windows (91, 92) are partially superimposed and displayed on the display unit 9. In the current state, the display order of the window A91 is higher than the display order of the window B92. Is also higher.

By operating the mouse 1, the cursor 1K is moved. When the work target is the window A91, since the entire window is displayed in the window, there is no inconvenience in pointing an arbitrary position in the region with the cursor 1K.

On the other hand, when the operation target is the window B92, when the cursor 1K enters the area of the window B92, a system utility (not shown) which detects the coordinates of the cursor changes the display order of the windows. , By redisplaying window B92 to the front,
The entire area of the window B92 can be designated by the cursor 1K.

As described above, the display order is set for each window. However, certain windows (information display windows, for example, clock display windows, icons, etc.) have a fixed display order. When the display positions are superimposed, the one with the higher order is always displayed on the front of the display unit 9 according to the order.

[0008]

FIG. 6 is a view showing the display state of the window system. For example, if the window A91 is this type of window, even if the cursor 1K enters the area of the window B92, the display order of the windows A91 will be different. Does not change. Therefore, in this display state, it is not possible to instruct the position of the area hidden by the window A91 of the window B92. Therefore, when instructing the operation of the window B92, the window A91 is previously set to the current display position. It is necessary to perform an operation of moving from a position where it does not get in the way.

That is, by dragging the cursor 1K with the toolbar 91T of the window A91, the window A91 is
For example, the window B92 is moved to the lower right corner of the display unit 9, and the window B92 is similarly dragged and moved to the left.

At this time, if the display area of the window A91 is large, the entire area of the window B92 cannot be displayed only by the above-described movement amount, and the window B92 is always partially hidden under the window A91. Become. Therefore, every time it is necessary to instruct the operation B where the operation instruction position is hidden under the window A91,
I have to drag window A91 to move it,
There was a problem that the operation became complicated.

Further, when there are a plurality of windows whose display order is fixed, unless all of the plurality of windows are moved, an operation instruction cannot be given to the work target window, and the operation becomes more complicated. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and it is an invention created to change a window having a higher display order than a work target window from a cursor position so as not to hinder a cursor instruction to the work target window. It is intended to provide a means for detaching.

[0013]

The above-mentioned object is achieved by the present invention having the following construction. FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram according to claim 1 of the present invention.

A display unit 9 in which a plurality of windows are opened with their display order set, a position designating means 100 for operating a cursor moving on the display unit 9, and a window information area holding display attributes of the windows A determination unit 400 which receives a position of a cursor operated by the position designation unit 100 and determines a positional relationship between the cursor position and a display area of a display window based on information from the window information area 700; Moving means 500 for moving the display window away from the current position of the cursor in accordance with the result of the judgment by the judging means 400.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mouse for operating a cursor 1K (FIG. 6) for moving on the screen of the display unit 9.
Is an input control unit, which outputs the coordinate values while transmitting the operation of the mouse 1 and moving the cursor 1K on the screen.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a cursor coordinate reading unit. Reference numeral 4 denotes a window determination unit that receives a cursor coordinate value and a window attribute from a window control unit described later and outputs a determination result to a movement processing unit described later.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a movement processing unit for moving a window in accordance with an instruction from the window determination unit 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a window control unit.
, The window attribute value is read, and the window is displayed on the display unit 9 while updating the window attribute value of the memory 7 according to an instruction from the movement processing unit 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a timer for setting the weight of the window moving step in the moving processing unit 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes a memory in which respective window attribute values are set as a table 8.

A window identification code (I
D), 82 are the drawing origin of the window (upper left coordinate), 8
3 is the width (W) and height (H) of the exclusive area of the window,
The drawing color 84 stores the drawing colors.
In, a display order on the display unit 9 is set, and in 86, a flag indicating that the setting of the display order is fixed is set to ON or OFF.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 3 is a movement determination flowchart for explaining the processing of the window determination unit 4.

Step S1: When the system is started,
It is in a state of waiting for input of an event (such as movement of a cursor by mouse operation or click of a mouse button). The input control unit 2 counts and outputs the coordinate value of the cursor 1K at the current position on the display unit 9 according to the operation of the mouse 1.
When the cursor 1K moves, the coordinate values fluctuate.
The cursor coordinate reading section 3 outputs the coordinate value of the cursor at the time of the movement.

Step S2: The window determination section 4 accesses the memory 7 via the window control section 6 and registers the currently active (displayed) window registered in the table 8 with its coordinate value 82 (X, Y) and exclusive use. Region 83 (H,
W) to verify whether or not the current coordinates of the cursor 1K have entered the display area of the display window.

Step S3: When a window in which the cursor 1K has entered is detected, the display order 85 and the flag 86 are further compared. If the flag 86 of the window is off, the display order of the window is updated to the highest display order of the window set in the variable display order, and the screen is rewritten according to the display order by window control. .

Step S4: On the other hand, if the flag 86 of the window is turned on, the processing is requested to the movement processing section 5 as the movement target window. Next, FIG. 4 is a movement processing flowchart illustrating the movement processing in step S4.

Step S10: It is checked whether a default condition is set for the destination. Step S11: If the destination is designated and located at the upper right corner as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the coordinates (X
= 1024, Y = 0).

Step S12: If the destination is unspecified, the farthest position (for example, the upper right corner in FIG. 5) from the current window display position (X0, Y0) is searched, and the coordinates (X = 1024, Y = 0).

Step S13: The setting of the number of times of movement and the speed of movement will be described with reference to FIG. Now, the coordinates (X,
Y) is the display range with the upper left corner at the origin (0,0) (X =
0 to 1024, Y = 0 to 768), the current position of the moving window 910 is (X0, Y0), width = W, height = H
It is. Therefore, the moving distance is ΔX = (1024-W)
−X0, ΔY = Y0, and the camera is moved along the dashed line shown in FIG.

The number of movements may be about 10 to 15 frames per second as a guide so as not to give a sense of discomfort to human sensation. In the case of FIG. , The number of movements is eight, and the window 912 up to two is moved at a low speed (the wait by the timer =
3) Set the window 916 up to six times to move at high speed (wait by timer = 1) and up to eight times to move the window 918 at low speed (wait by timer = 3).

First, two points (X0, Y0) and (X8,
A known straight line equation passing through Y8) is set. The distance between the two points is divided into eight, and the coordinates (X
(1, Y1), (X2, Y2)... (X8, Y8) are obtained, and the destination coordinates are set in a table (not shown) in pairs with the above-mentioned wait time. Since the coordinate value of the display unit 9 is a positive integer, the moving coordinate value (real number) calculated every time from a known straight line equation is rounded to a positive integer.

Step S14: Current window 910
Is saved in an area (not shown) of the table 8. Step S15: The table in which the moving distance and the weight of each time are set as a pair is sequentially read, and the window is moved one step at a time, for a total of eight times.

Step S16: Since the fixed window leaves the work window position up to the above steps, an operation instruction to the work window is issued, and when the operation is completed, the cursor 1K is released from the window position before the movement. If the release of the cursor 1K is detected, the coordinates saved above are read out, and the window 910 is returned and drawn again.

In the above embodiment, the moving speed of the window is changed, but if the visual sensation or the operability is not impaired, a plurality of divisions are moved at a constant speed or instantaneously. The cursor may be moved to the final position, or if the approach of the cursor is detected at a very small distance, the movement may be controlled so that the distance is withdrawn from the cursor. In addition, the evacuation method is not limited to movement, but can be reduced at the position or converted into an icon.

When the operation is completed, the moving window is returned to the original position. However, this is not always necessary, and the moving window may be stopped at the destination. If another window (fixed display order) is already displayed at the destination, another destination may be checked.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of windows are displayed in a superimposed manner, they are shaded by windows which are always displayed on the front such as information windows. Even when an operation instruction is given to the window, the information window or the like automatically leaves in response to the approach of the cursor for instructing the operation, so that the operation to the work window becomes easy and the work efficiency of the user is remarkably improved. It works.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram according to claim 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a movement determination.

FIG. 4 is a movement processing flowchart.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of window movement.

FIG. 6 is a window system display information diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 display unit 1 mouse 1K cursor 2 input control unit 3 cursor coordinate reading unit 4 window determination unit 5 movement processing unit 6 window control unit 7 memory 8 table 10 timer 100 position designation unit 400 determination unit 500 movement unit 700 window information area

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display device having a display unit capable of opening a plurality of windows, wherein a window in which a display order is set on the display unit is opened, and a position designating means for operating a cursor moving on the display unit. A window information area for holding a display attribute of the window; and a position of a cursor operated by the position designating unit. The positional relationship between the cursor position and the display area of the display window is obtained from the window information area. And a moving means for moving the display window away from the current position of the cursor in accordance with the result of the judgment by the judging means. 2. The moving destination of the display window is set at a predetermined position on the display unit in advance.
The display device according to the above. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a moving destination of the display window is set to a position of the display unit farthest from the display window position. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the moving speed of the display window is set to a constant speed or a variable speed. 5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein when the cursor leaves the display area of the window before the movement, control is performed so as to return the window of the movement destination to the area before the movement. . 6. A window having an area in which a window display attribute is set, a display order of each window and a flag for setting the order invariable, and when the flag is set, the determination means sets The display device according to claim 1, wherein a positional relationship between a cursor position and a display area of the display window is determined. 7. A computer-readable recording medium having a display unit capable of opening a plurality of windows, and recording a computer program used in a display device in which windows in which display order is set are set on the display unit. hand,
A position designation function unit for operating a cursor moving on a display unit, and a position of a cursor operated by the position designation function unit are inputted, and a positional relationship between the cursor position and a display area of a display window is determined. A computer program comprising: a determination function unit for making a determination based on information from a window information area for retaining a display attribute; and a movement function unit for moving the display window away from a current position of a cursor in accordance with the determination result of the determination function unit A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon.