JPS62254233A - Menu selecting and processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily designate plural items and to decrease malfunctions by displaying a control box showing execution and cancel of the processing corresponding to a menu together with said menu and separating the selection of menu items from an indicating operation for execution of selected items. CONSTITUTION:A pull-down menu 34 is displayed in response to an indicated menu when a button of a pointing device PD is pushed in such a state where the pull-down menu is not displayed yet with a cursor 33 indicating a menu 32. Here the item corresponding to the initially selected item number stored in the 1st field is displayed 37 with emphasis together with the control boxes 38 and 39 showing execution and cancel of the menu. Under such conditions, the cursor 33 is shifted to a desired item and the button of the PD is pushed. Thus the relevant item is displayed with emphasis and this item number is stored in the 2nd field. Then the cursor 33 is set at the execution 39 and the PD button is pushed. Thus the item corresponding to the number stored in the 2nd field is executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application] The present invention relates to an interactive measuring system having a display device and an input device, and the present invention relates to an interactive system having a display device and an input device. The present invention relates to a menu selection processing method suitable for giving various instructions to a system.

[Conventional technology]

For instructions on menus using a screen instruction device such as a mouse, the Matsu Sentotsu Sea Manual (1
984), Apple Go ybi”-pa line pages 17 to 18 (*acintosh, 1984, Apple Go
There is a menu selection method using pull-down menus, which is explained in ``+Nputer, EngnC, PP 17-18'', and how to select multiple items using this selection method is shown in Figures 2 and 6. Explain using.

The menu is displayed in the menu area 31 at the top of the screen 60, as shown in FIG. The user points this menu 52 with the mouse cursor '56, which moves slowly, and when the mouse button is pressed, the menu 52 is displayed.
The main menu 34 is displayed, and auxiliary selection items of the menu are displayed here. In the scene of FIG. 3, the modification format of one character for the many characters 5style (character shape) and the selection item # of two virtues of character font size are divided into blocks 35 and displayed.

Here, if you move the mouse cursor to the pull-down menu 64 while holding down the mouse button, the specified item 36 will be highlighted, and by pressing the mouse button t-1111t while pointing to the desired item, you can move the mouse cursor to the pull-down menu 64. is assumed to have been selected, the pull-down menu 54 is closed, and the selected item in the menu 62 is processed.

The above-described menu selection processing method provides the user with a user-friendly operation environment by providing hierarchical menu items and allowing them to be designated and selected using a mouse.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with the prior art as described above.

(1) The selection items in the pull-down menu are one-time menu a. - Only one location can be changed using the selection operation. For this reason, for example, in the example shown in Figure 6, the menu selection method must be performed twice to specify the 1-sieve format of the characters and the character font size. This requires multiple menu selections depending on the desired situation, making the operation complicated.

(2) Since menu item selection and beauty instruction are performed at the same time, erroneous operations are likely to occur due to incorrect menu item instruction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a menu selection processing method that separates the selection of a menu item and the operation of issuing an execution instruction, making it easy to specify multiple items of one item, and with fewer erroneous operations.

[Means for solving problems]

The above objective is achieved by the following means.

t. For a block that is a set of one or more items in a system having a display device and an instruction device on the screen, a table including a first field that indicates the item number when displaying a pull-down menu, and a display. For each block in the pull-down menu inside, write the item number in the list.
Prepare a table containing a second field.

Here, a pull-down menu is displayed in response to the menu provided by the instruction device. At this time, the items to be selected displayed in the pull-down menu are displayed divided into blocks, and the selected items within the block indicated by the first field are highlighted in some way. In addition, the following process is prepared for this pull-down menu display that also displays an operation box that indicates operations such as executing or canceling the menu.

(υWhen specifying an unselected item, store the item number of the specified item in the first field, and move the highlighted display of the old selected item to the specified item.

(2) In response to an instruction from the operation box indicating execution, the menu-using program is notified of the selected item number shown in the second field, and the pull-down menu is deleted.

2. A fifth field is provided in the table for each block to store the presence or absence of an initial tweet and the selection item number of the initial tweet. If there is an initial value, the initial value held in the sixth field is stored in the second field, and that item is highlighted.

5. In response to an instruction from the operation box indicating execution, store the item number of the selected item stored in the second field in the first field.

[Effect]

An operation box that means execution or cancellation is displayed in the pulldown/menu menu, and in response to an instruction for one item, the selection instruction or selection cancellation process is performed, and by specifying the operation box that means execution, the menu can be Since the IL- selection is notified to the menu-using program, items can be freely selected until the execution instruction is given, and since the execution instruction is performed after confirming that the selected item is highlighted, it is possible to avoid incorrect operations. possibility can be reduced.

In addition, by processing an item instruction in a selected state by the instruction device, by setting a default selection item for a selection item where it is impossible to have no selection, it is possible to force the default selection item to be set when a selection is cancelled. The selected item can be set to be selected. ◇The process prepared for the instruction in the operation box that means execution notifies the menu user program of the selected item, and also sets the menu when displaying the pull-down menu next time. Registered as an initial selection item,
This reduces the operability in response to repeated instructions for the same item, and makes it possible to return the state of the selected item in the pull-down menu to the state before it was displayed by an instruction in the cancel operation box.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure tg4 explains the configuration of hardware that implements the present invention. In this figure, 1 is the arithmetic processing unit (CPU), 2 is the main memory (MM), 5 is the display processing unit (DPU), 4 is the display memo IJ (FM), and 5 is the display control device 1t(1)C) , 6 is a display device (D>7 is an external storage control table (IFC bar), 8 is an external storage device (ZI'D
C9 is a keyboard control device (KbD), 10 is a keyboard (KB), and 11 is an instruction device control device (PI).
)C), 12 is a pointing device (PDP) having buttons, and 16 is a common bus connecting these units.

Note that DPU6 can be replaced with CPU I, and 7M4 and C can also be replaced with MMi.

The program related to the uninvented menu control method is biM
According to this program, CPU1 is located on D
Menu control is performed by making processing requests to I'U 5 or FDCll. DPU3 is CP
Expanding to 7M4 is performed according to the drawing instruction of U1.

The DC5 reads out the contents of PM4 cyclically at a fixed period, and displays the information on the corresponding D6 according to the read information. As a result, the display on D6 always reflects the information stored in 7M4. FDC11 is: PD
12's movement information and the button status of PD12 are sent to the CPU.
It has the role of notifying 1. CPU1 is PD1
By displaying a cursor on FMJ via the DPU 3 for the movement of 2, the PD 12 can give an instruction on the D6.

5 and 6 show examples of screen output by the menu control method of the present invention. Figure 5 shows an example of the menu display.
A fixed length menu 32 character string is displayed on the menu bar 51. 63 is a cursor that moves in accordance with the movement of the PD 12.

In FIG. 6, the menu is indicated by the cursor 36.

A display example of the pull-down menu 54 that is opened by pressing a button on the PD 12 is shown. The contents of the pulldown menu are divided into blocks 55 and displayed according to the selection contents, and the currently selected item is displayed with a circle mark 37 added thereto to emphasize it. Examples of such highlighting include enclosing the item in a frame that displays it in reverse video, underlining the item, and so on. A maximum of one item can be selected per block. Also, at the bottom of the pull-down menu -54, cancel 5B, execute 59
Display the function box. The following selection operations are performed using the menu pulldown menu shown in this figure. When the user uses the PD 12 to point to Meni Island with the cursor 33 and presses the button held on the I'D 12, the corresponding pull-down menu 34 is displayed. In this state, by moving the cursor 33 to the desired item and pressing the I'Di2 button, the circle 57 moves to that item. Further, by indicating an item that is already selected using the PD 12 and pressing a button, the circle mark 57 for that item is erased, and at this time, if there is a default item in the block, a circle mark 37 is displayed for that item. Note that when invalidation of instructions is specified as an attribute of an item, item No. 7 is displayed with reduced brightness, and instructions for that item are ignored.

In this state, if you specify the area for cancellation 38 with PDi 2 and press the button, the pulldown menu will be closed without returning any instructions to the application cage. Note that when this pull-down menu is opened again, the position of the selected item is displayed in the same state as when the pull-down menu was opened last time.

When the area of execution 39 is specified with the PD 12 and the button is pressed, the identifier of the currently selected item is returned and the pull-down menu island is closed. Incidentally, when the pull-down menu is opened next time, the previously executed items are displayed with a circle mark 57 attached thereto.

The Menier rounding control process for realizing the Menier selection operation as described above will be described in detail below.

fj Fig. 1 shows the processing in an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 1 1-) shows the processing contents of the main processing, Fig. 1 TJ) -
(4) shows the processing contents of the sub-process called from the main process.

Further, %Figure 7+a) z tube> and 18) show tables used in the embodiments of the present invention. In the same figure (1 &), Meni-1 physical block (MMB) 50
C,, Menu number 51, number of display characters (fixed length) of 5 = h- 52, and a menu string 53 for each menu with management information for pull-down/menu- It consists of a pointer to the secondary management block (PMMB) i, the number of display digits 55 and the number of lines 56 of the pulldown menu to be displayed for the menu.

For the pull-down menu (-) in the same figure - management block (PMM
B) 60 indicates the display character string 61 for each item to be displayed, the enable/disable 72 for the item instruction, the block number 65 to which the item belongs, and the number to which item for each of the blocks into which the item is divided. Information in the block range 64 that indicates whether the is a block, and default 7 that indicates whether there is an item to be specified by default when the selection is canceled.
It has a lag 65, a default item number 66, and a selected item number 67 for displaying the item that was selected last time when the menu was opened. Selection item number 67
If there is no value, a null code (a number indicating how many samples are to be analyzed) is stored.

Selection item table (EIIFT) 7 shown in Figure 11-)
0 is a work cheagle used when opening a pull-down Meni crystal, and holds the selected Meni crystal number 71 and the selected item number of each block of the pull-down Meni island for that Mae island. If there is no selection item, a null code is stored.

The processing contents of the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained using the processing flow shown in Figure 1 and the table configuration diagrams of ta) e ta) and +61 in Fig. 7.

The input process activated for PD120 input is f'D1
Read state 1 of 2 (box 101), the pull-down menu is not displayed, the cursor 66 points to the menu, and PD is displayed.
If button 12 is pressed (box 105,
104 and 106), the display process 110 of the group down menu is performed for the specified menu crystal. The display process 110 for the pull-down menu island is shown in FIG. 70 "Menier number 71 in selection"
The number you specified in the menu will be changed to "Currently selected item number 72".
The process of setting the value of the selection item number 67 at the time of opening in PMMB 60 for the instruction menu ^- (box 112), and the process of setting the value of selection item number 67 at the time of opening in PMMB 60 for the instruction menu ^-, and the pull-down menu as accepted in Fig. 6 according to the contents of PMMB 60. A drawing process (box 113) is performed. At this time, the circle mark 37 representing the selected item follows the "selected item number 67" held in the PMMB 60.

While Gurudakunmeni^- is displayed, move the cursor 3 within the area.
3 and presses the button on the PD 12 (determined in boxes 105 and 104), and performs the following processing depending on the cursor designated position (determined in box 105).

(1) Item selection processing 200 (instruction of item area) As shown in Figure 1+63, when an item that is not currently selected is specified, the block to which the specified item belongs is known from the block number 63 of PMMBi, and the Delete the circle mark 37 displayed on the item indicated by the selected item number 72 in the block box 202), set the newly specified item number to the selected item number 72, and at the same time mark the circle mark 57 on that item.
is displayed (box 203). - Also, if you specify the currently selected item, the circle mark of the specified item will be erased, and the EIF for the block to which the item belongs will be deleted.
A null code is set in "selected item number 72" of T70 (block 204). Then P for that block
If there is a default item by referring to "Default 7 lag" of MMB60, change the item number shown in "Default item number 66" to "Currently selected item number 72" of 5FT70.
” and displays a circle 37 in that item (block 206).

(2) Execution processing (instruction of execution box area) Figure 1 (
As shown in d), the value of the "selected item number" of the confirmed 13FT70 is stored in the corresponding "selected item number 67" of PMMB6Q corresponding to the "selected menu item number 71", and the next New selection items are displayed when the pull-down menu is opened (box 301). Next, a box 302 is sent to notify the abricussion program of the "selected menu number 71" and "selected item number 72" of each block stored in the 8FT70.
), the background data that was saved when the pull-down menu 1- was displayed is recovered (box 303).

(5) Cancellation processing (indicating the area of the cancellation box) Fig. 1 (
As shown in 4), only the background data of the pull-down menu is recovered and nothing is notified to the application scene program.

According to this example.

(1) In one Menier selection operation, it is possible to select and specify a plurality of items for each divided block.

(2) Even after changing the selected item in the pull-down menu, by instructing the cancel operation box, the selection can be canceled and the state of the selected item can be returned to the state before the pull-down menu 1-display.

(5) Since the execution instruction for the selected item is given with the circle mark 57 displayed on the selected item, erroneous operations can be reduced.

(4) When deselecting an item, it can be executed after confirming the default item.

There are effects such as

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to separate the item selection operation and the execution operation, so that (1) it is easy to change a plurality of selection items in a single menu-instruction operation;

(2> It is possible to reduce erroneous operations such as execution due to incorrect selection.

By being able to specify a default selection item, it is possible to set this item so that it is always selected when the item is deselected.

In addition, the item previously instructed to be executed in pull-down menu 1- is memorized and the next display is based on this, making it easy to repeat operations. This has the effect of being able to return to the state before the A display.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of menu 1 display in the conventional method, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of pull-down menu display in the conventional method.
FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram for implementing the present invention, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a menu according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a menu according to the present invention, and FIG. 7
The figure is a table configuration diagram according to the present invention. 6...Display device 12...Instruction device 52...Menu 34...Pull-down menu 35...Block 37...Circle indicating selection 39...Execution operation box 60...-Pluder Kunmenieh management block 70...
Selection item table 100... Menu 1 - Selection process 200... Item selection process 300... Execution process Fig. 1 (I2/N Fig. 1 (b) (C,) Fig. 1 Fig. 22 Fig. 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 62 and ``70 (ru) (b)
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(PM b) b.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An interactive computer system having a display device and an instruction device for instructing a screen on the display device, and having a function of displaying and selecting multiple selection items displayed on the screen. A first table containing a first field that holds the item number of the initially selected item when displaying the item for the set of items, and a first table that holds the selected item number for the set of items being displayed above. A second table including a second field is provided, the sub-item is displayed separately for each set of auxiliary items, the item indicated by the first field is highlighted, and the process corresponding to the menu can be executed or canceled. In the step of simultaneously displaying a meaning operation box, and in the processing for the instruction of the item by the instruction device, the highlighting of the item with the item number stored in the second field is canceled and the instruction item is highlighted. , enter the item number of the instruction item in the second section above.
In the step of storing the item in the second field, and the processing for the instruction of the operation box that means the execution by the instruction device, the item and the operation box are deleted, and the item number stored in the second field is changed to the corresponding process. A menu selection processing method comprising the steps of: notifying a program; and erasing the item and the operation box in processing for an instruction in the operation box indicating cancellation by the instruction device. 2. The first table has a third field for storing the presence or absence of a selection item when not specified, and a fourth field for storing a selection item number when not specified, and the item being selected by the indicating device. In response to the instruction, store a value representing an unspecified state in the second field, cancel the highlighting of the specified item, and set , storing the item number stored in the fourth field in the second field and highlighting the item.
Menu selection processing method described in section. 3. The method further comprises the step of storing the selection number stored in the second field in the first field in the process for the operation box instruction corresponding to the execution process by the instruction device. The menu selection processing method described in item 1.