CN104238895B - Method and electronic device for multiple selection objects - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for selecting multiple targets and an electronic device. The method for selecting multiple targets is applicable to the electronic device. The electronic device has a touch screen and a processor, and the processor runs an operating system. The method for selecting multiple targets includes: identifying whether an application currently running on the operating system belongs to a first type of application or a second type of application; when the application currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the first type of application, the touch screen displays a first multiple-selection button, wherein the first multiple-selection button is used to generate a first key event after being triggered; when the touch screen detects the first key event, the first multiple-selection target function of the application currently running on the operating system is started or closed.

Description

Method and electronic device for multiple selection objects

technical field

The present invention relates to a computer system, and in particular to a method and an electronic device for selecting multiple objects.

Background technique

With the rapid popularization of tablet computers and smart phones, people have gradually become accustomed to operating computer systems with touch instead of traditional mouse and keyboard. For users of tablets or smartphones using the Microsoft Windows Operating System (Microsoft Windows Operating System), if they want to enable the multi-select target function supported by an application, the user must first open the setting menu of the small keyboard on the screen. And set the on-screen keypad to the standard keyboard mode in the setting menu. After completing the above settings, the user must also call the on-screen keypad application, and press a specific function key or combination of function keys on the displayed on-screen keypad to enable the application supported by the application. Multi-select objects, or turn off multi-select objects that have been turned on for the app.

However, the procedures required to enable or disable the multi-selection function of the application program through the on-screen keypad displayed on the touch screen are complicated, and the on-screen keypad displayed on the touch screen also occupies a lot of display on the touch screen. Therefore, it often causes a lot of inconvenience for users in use.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a method and an electronic device for multiple selection of objects, which can provide different multiple selection buttons for different application programs, so that users can quickly activate the multiple selection object function of the application programs.

The present invention further provides an electronic device, which can greatly simplify the operation procedures required for opening or closing the multi-selection function of an application program on the touch-sensitive electronic device.

The present invention provides a method for multi-selecting objects, which is suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device has a touch screen and a processor, and the processor runs an operating system. The method for multi-selecting objects includes: identifying the operating system currently running The application program belongs to a first type of application program or a second type of application program; when the application program currently running in the operating system is identified as belonging to the first type of application program, a first multi-choice button is displayed on the touch screen, wherein The first multi-choice button is used to generate a first key event after being triggered; when the touch screen detects the first key event, a first multi-choice target function of an application currently running in the operating system is activated or closed.

The present invention further provides an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a touch screen and a processor. The processor is coupled to the touch control panel and runs an operating system. The processor identifies that the application program currently running on the operating system belongs to a first-type application program or a second-type application program. When the application program currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the During the first type of application program, the touch screen displays a first multi-choice button, wherein the first multi-choice button is used to generate a first key event after being triggered, and when the touch screen detects the first key event, start or A first multi-select target function of the application program currently running in the operating system is closed.

Based on the above, the present invention can display one or more specific multi-choice buttons on the touch screen according to the currently running application program of the operating system. Then, when it is detected that the user clicks one of the multiple choice buttons on the touch screen, the present invention can use the key event corresponding to the selected multiple choice button to start or close multiple functions of the currently running application program of the operating system. Target selection function, thereby achieving the effect of simplifying the procedures required to enable or disable the multi-select target function of the application.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for selecting multiple objects according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the first multi-select target function of starting a file manager (File Explorer) application shown according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the first multi-choice target function of starting the Microsoft Office Word application program shown according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the first multi-choice target function of starting the Microsoft Office Excel application program shown according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the second multi-select target function of starting the Microsoft Office Excel application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs:

10: electronic device;

11: touch screen;

12: Processor;

13: storage unit;

31: folder window;

312, 314, 316: documents;

32, 42, 52: the first multiple choice button;

41: Word file editing window;

412, 414, 416, 512, 514, 516: target;

51, 61: Excel file editing window;

53, 63: the second multiple choice button;

612, 614, 616: storage cells;

S202 , S204 , S206 , S208 , S210 , S212 , S214 , S216 , and S218 : each step of the method for multi-selecting objects according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to enable users of electronic devices with touch screens to more conveniently use the multi-select object function of a specific application program, an embodiment of the present invention proposes a method for multi-select objects, which can identify that the application program currently running in the operating system belongs to the first One type of application program or the second type of application program, and display corresponding multiple selection buttons on the touch screen according to the recognition result. Thus, when the user wants to activate the multi-choice function, the user can easily and quickly activate the corresponding multi-choice function through the multi-choice button.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention also discloses an electronic device that can be used to implement the above-mentioned method for selecting multiple objects. In order to make the content of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific examples are given as examples in which the present invention can indeed be implemented.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 , the electronic device 10 includes a touch screen 11 , a processor 12 and a storage unit 13 . The electronic device 10 can be a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a smart phone (smart phone), an electronic book (electronic book), a game machine (game machine) or a tablet computer (Tablet PC), etc., which support touch display functions. of electronic devices.

The touch screen 11 may be a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an optical touch panel, an acoustic wave touch panel, or an electromagnetic touch panel. The type of panels and the like are not limited here. The user can perform an input operation such as a touch or a drag on the touch screen 11 or a selection operation through an input tool such as a stylus or a finger to input text or instructions.

The processor 12 is coupled to the touch screen 11 . In this embodiment, the processor 12 may be a micro-controller (micro-controller), an embedded controller (embedded controller) or a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), etc., and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to above. The processor 12 can run an operating system. The embodiments of the present invention will be described below by taking the Microsoft Windows operating system (Microsoft Windows OS) as an example. For example, the operating system may be Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows7, or Windows8, etc., and the present invention does not limit the type of operating system.

The storage unit 13 is coupled to the processor 12 . The storage unit 13 is, for example, a hard disk drive (Hard Disk Drive, HDD) or various non-volatile (non-volatile) memories. In addition, the storage unit 13 may also include various external storage media such as an optical disc or a U disk, which is not limited in the present invention. The storage unit 13 can be used to store various data such as program codes of an operating system and application programs that can be run by the processor 12 .

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method for selecting multiple objects according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for selecting multiple objects and the electronic device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2 in conjunction with FIG. 1 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time. In step S202, the processor 12 identifies that the application currently running by its operating system (hereinafter referred to as the target application) belongs to the first type of application or the second type of application. In this embodiment, the first type of application program includes desktop (desktop) application program, file manager (File Explorer) application program, Microsoft Office Word and Power Point in Microsoft document editing software, etc. , and the second type of application program includes applications such as Microsoft Office Excel in Microsoft document editing software that can support the multi-selection target function and the multi-selection storage cell function.

For example, the processor 12 may take the application currently operated by the user through the touch screen 11 as the target application, and identify whether the target application belongs to the first type of application or the second type of application. In this embodiment, the processor 12 can identify whether the target application belongs to the first type of application or the second type of application by comparing the name, attribute or code of the application. Alternatively, the processor 12 may also only determine whether the target application program belongs to the second type of application program. If the target application program does not belong to the second type of application program, the processor 12 identifies that the target application program belongs to the first type of application program. In addition, the processor 12 may also determine whether the target application supports the first multi-selection target function (for example, a multi-selection target function) and/or the second multiple-selection target function (for example, a multi-selection storage box function). If the target application only supports the first multi-selection target function, the processor 12 identifies that the target application belongs to the first type of application. If the target application can support the first multiple selection target function and the second multiple selection target function, the processor 12 identifies that the target application belongs to the second type of application.

If the processor 12 identifies that the target application belongs to the first type of application, the processor 12 continues to execute step S204 after step S202. If the processor 12 identifies that the target application belongs to the second type of application, the processor 12 continues to execute step S210 after step S202. In addition, if the processor 12 judges that the target application program does not belong to the first type of application program or the second type of application program, then the subsequent steps will not be performed, and the method for multi-selecting targets ends here. Or, in one embodiment, if the processor 12 determines that the target application program does not belong to the first type of application program nor does it belong to the second type of application program, the processor 12 may determine that the target application program belongs to the first type of application program, and After step S202, continue to execute step S204 and so on, which is not limited by the present invention.

It is worth mentioning that step S202 is, for example, when the target application program is started by the operating system, when the user clicks a trigger button displayed on the touch screen 11, or when an application program is switched from the background to the user's current Executed when operating the application, depending on the practical or design requirements.

When the target application is identified as belonging to the first type of application, in step S204, the touch screen 11 may display a first multi-choice button, wherein the first multi-choice button is triggered to generate a first key event. In this embodiment, the first key event may include a key event sent when the function key “Ctrl” in a standard keyboard is pressed. In step S206, the processor 12 determines whether the touch screen 11 detects a first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-selection button. In this embodiment, the first selection operation is, for example, that the user clicks the first multi-choice button on the touch screen 11 with an input tool such as a finger or a stylus. If the touch screen 11 does not detect the first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button, step S206 is repeatedly executed.

When the touch screen 11 detects a first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button, in step S208, the processor 12 may send a first key event to the target application program to activate or close the first selection operation of the target application program. Multi-select target function. In this embodiment, the first multi-selection target function is, for example, a multi-selection target function commonly supported by application programs such as desktop applications, file manager applications, and Microsoft document editing software (for example, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point) .

For example, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a function of starting a first multi-select object of a file manager application according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 3 , taking the folder window 31 of the file manager application program displayed on the touch screen 11 as an example, when the user clicks the first multi-choice button 32, the processor 12 can send the first button event (for example, standard The key event sent when the function key "Ctrl" in the keyboard is pressed) is sent to the file manager application. If the file manager application has not been opened or started the first multi-select target function before receiving the first button event, the file manager application will start or start its first button event when receiving the first button event. Multi-select target function.

As shown in Figure 3, after the file manager application opens or starts its first multi-select object function, the user can perform a multi-select object operation, for example, the user can multi-select files 312, files 314 and 31 in the folder window 31. File 316. In addition, if the first multi-select target function of the file manager application has been turned on or started before receiving the first button event, the file manager application will be closed or stopped when receiving the first button event Its first multi-select object function allows the user to perform operations such as copying, moving, or deleting the selected objects (eg, file 312, file 314, and file 316).

As another example, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of starting the first multi-select target function of the Microsoft Office Word application program according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Fig. 4, take the Word file editing window 41 of the Microsoft Office Word application program as an example, when the user clicks the first multiple choice button 42 displayed on the touch screen, the processor can send the first button event (for example, standard The key event sent when the function key "Ctrl" in the keyboard is pressed) is sent to the Microsoft Office Word application. If the Microsoft Office Word application program has not been opened or started the first multi-select target function before receiving the first button event, then the Microsoft Office Word application program will open or start its first button event when receiving the first button event. Multi-select target function.

As shown in Figure 4, after the Microsoft Office Word application program opens or starts its first multi-select object function, the user can perform a multi-select object operation, for example, the user can multi-select the target 412, target 414 in the Word file editing window 41 and target 416. In addition, if the first multi-selection target function of the Microsoft Office Word application has been turned on or started before receiving the first button event, then the Microsoft Office Word application will be closed or stopped when receiving the first button event Its first multi-select object function allows the user to perform operations such as copying, moving, or deleting the selected objects (eg, object 412 , object 414 and object 416 ).

It is worth mentioning that the above-mentioned first multi-choice button 32 is, for example, when the folder window 31 is opened, the folder window 31 is called from the background to the foreground to allow the user to operate it or the file manager application is executed, Displayed by a touch screen, but the invention is not limited thereto. Similarly, the above-mentioned first multi-choice button 42 is also, for example, when the Word file editing window 41 is opened, the Word file editing window 41 is called to the foreground from the background to allow the user to operate it or the MicrosoftOffice Word application program is executed. touch screen display, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, after step S208, step S206 will be executed repeatedly. On the other hand, when the target application program is identified as belonging to the second type of application program, in step S210, the touch screen 11 may display the first multi-choice button and the second multi-choice button, wherein the first multi-choice button is triggered It is used to generate the first key event (for example, the key event sent when the function key "Ctrl" in the standard keyboard is pressed), and the second multi-selection button is triggered to generate the second key event. In this embodiment, the second key event may include a key event sent when the function key “Shift” and the function key “F8” of the standard keyboard are pressed sequentially or simultaneously. In step S212, the processor 12 determines whether the touch screen 11 detects a first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-selection button. When the touch screen 11 detects a first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button, in step S214, the processor 12 may send a first key event to the target application program to activate or close the first selection operation of the target application program. Multi-select target function. Wherein, step S212 is similar to step S206, and step S214 is similar to step S208, which will not be described in detail here. After step S214, step S212 is repeatedly executed.

For example, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of starting the first multi-select target function of the Microsoft Office Excel application program according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 , taking the Excel file editing window 51 of the Microsoft Office Excel application program as an example, the touch screen displays a first multi-choice button 52 and a second multi-choice button 53 . When the user clicks the first multi-choice button 52 displayed on the touch screen, the processor can send the first key event (for example, the key event sent when the function key "Ctrl" in the standard keyboard is pressed) to Microsoft Office Excel application. If the Microsoft Office Excel application program has not been opened or started the first multi-select target function before receiving the first button event, then the Microsoft Office Excel application program will open or start its first button event when receiving the first button event. Multi-select target function.

As shown in Figure 5, after the Microsoft Office Excel application program opens its first multi-select object function, the user can perform a multi-select object operation, for example, the user can multi-select the target 512, target 514 and target in the Excel file editing window 51 516. In addition, if the first multi-select target function of the Microsoft Office Excel application has been turned on or started before receiving the first button event, the Microsoft Office Excel application will close or stop its first button event when it receives the first button event. A multi-select object function to allow the user to perform operations such as copying, moving, or deleting the selected objects (eg, object 512 , object 514 , and object 516 ).

In addition, if the target application program does not support the first multi-selection target function, the target application program does not activate the first multi-selection target function when receiving the first key event.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, if the touch screen 11 does not detect the first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button, then in step S216, the processor 12 determines whether the touch screen 11 detects the first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button. The second selection action of the two multi-select buttons. In this embodiment, the second selection operation is, for example, that the user clicks the second multi-choice button on the touch screen 11 with an input tool such as a finger or a stylus. If the touch screen 11 does not detect the second selection operation corresponding to the second multi-choice button, step S212 will be executed repeatedly. In addition, the present invention does not limit the execution sequence of step S212 and step S216. For example, in one embodiment, step S216 may be executed first, and then step S214 may be executed.

When the touch screen 11 detects a second selection operation corresponding to the second multi-choice button, in step S218, the processor 12 may send a second key event to the target application program to activate or close the second button event of the target application program. Multi-select target function. In this embodiment, the second multi-select target function is, for example, the multi-select cell function supported by the Microsoft Office Excel application program in the Microsoft document editing software.

For example, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of starting the second multi-select target function of the Microsoft Office Excel application program according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 6, take the Excel file editing window 61 of the Microsoft Office Excel application program as an example, when the user clicks the second multiple choice button 63 displayed on the touch screen, the processor can send the second button event (for example, standard The key events sent when the function key "Shift" and the function key "F8" in the keyboard are pressed sequentially or simultaneously) are sent to the Microsoft Office Excel application. If the Microsoft Office Excel application program has not been opened or started the second multi-select target function before receiving the second button event, the Microsoft Office Excel application program will open or start its second multi-selection target function when receiving the second button event. Select the target function.

As shown in Figure 6, after the Microsoft Office Excel application program opens or starts its second multi-select target function, the user can perform a multi-select storage cell operation, for example, the user can multi-select the storage cell 612 in the Excel file editing window 61, A storage cell 614 and a storage cell 616 . In addition, if the Microsoft Office Excel application program has its second multi-select target function turned on or started before receiving the second key press event, then the Microsoft Office Excel application program will be closed or stopped when receiving the second key press event Its second multi-select object function allows the user to perform operations such as copying, moving, deleting, or further statistical operations on the selected cells (for example, the cell 612, the cell 614, and the cell 616).

It is worth mentioning that since the first multi-choice button and the second multi-choice button mentioned in the embodiment of the present invention are adaptively switched and displayed on the touch screen according to different target applications, the first multi-choice button The selection button and the second multi-selection button are not part of the on-screen keypad application for various operating systems. That is to say, the first multi-choice button and the second multi-choice button operate independently of the on-screen keypad application program.

In addition, the above-mentioned first key event and second key event may also be stored in a storage unit (eg, the storage unit 13 in FIG. 1 ) of the electronic device in advance. When the touch screen detects the first selection operation corresponding to the first multi-choice button or the second selection operation corresponding to the second multi-choice button, the processor can select from the storage unit (for example, the storage unit 13 of FIG. 1 ) Read the first key event or the second key event, and transmit the first key event or the second key event to the target application program.

To sum up, the method and electronic device for multi-selection objects proposed by the embodiments of the present invention can determine whether to display one or more specific multi-selection buttons on the touch screen according to the application program currently running in the operating system. Then, when it is detected that the user clicks one of the multiple choice buttons on the touch screen, the present invention can use the key event corresponding to the selected multiple choice button to start or close multiple functions of the currently running application program of the operating system. The multi-selection function or the multi-selection cell function, thereby simplifying the operation procedure required to turn on or off the multi-selection function or the multi-selection cell function of the application.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: It is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention. scope.

Claims (8)

1. A method for multi-selecting objects, characterized in that it is suitable for an electronic device, the electronic device has a touch screen and a processor, the processor runs an operating system, and the method for multi-selecting objects includes: Identifying that an application program currently running on the operating system belongs to a first-type application program or a second-type application program; When the application currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the first type of application, the touch screen displays a first multi-choice button, wherein the first multi-choice button is used to generate a first multi-choice button after being triggered. A button event; When the touch screen detects the first button event, activate or deactivate a first multi-selection target function of the application program currently running in the operating system; When the application currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the second type of application, the touch screen displays the first multi-choice button and a second multi-choice button, wherein the second multi-choice button is used to generate a second key event after being triggered, and the second key event is different from the first key event; and When the touch screen detects the second key event, a second multi-selection target function of the application currently running on the operating system is activated or deactivated. 2. The method for multi-selecting objects according to claim 1, wherein the first multi-choice button does not belong to an on-screen keypad application. 3. The method for multi-selecting objects according to claim 1, wherein the second multi-choice button does not belong to an on-screen keypad application. 4 . The method for selecting multiple objects according to claim 1 , wherein the application currently running on the operating system is an application currently operated by a user through the touch screen. 5. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises: a touch screen; and a processor, coupled to the touch screen, and runs an operating system, wherein the processor identifies that an application currently running on the operating system belongs to a first type of application or a second type of application, When the application program currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the first type of application program, the touch screen displays a first multi-choice button, wherein the first multi-choice button is used to generate a first multi-choice button after being triggered. key event, When the touch screen detects the first button event, start or close a first multi-selection target function of the application program currently running on the operating system, When the application currently running on the operating system is identified as belonging to the second type of application, the touch screen displays the first multi-choice button and a second multi-choice button, wherein the second multi-choice button is triggered is used to generate a second key event, and the second key event is different from the first key event, When the touch screen detects the second key event, a second multi-selection target function of the application currently running on the operating system is activated or deactivated. 6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the first multi-choice button does not belong to an on-screen keypad application. 7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the second multi-choice button does not belong to an on-screen keypad application. 8 . The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the application currently running by the operating system is an application currently operated by a user through the touch screen.