JPH0973385A - Multi-window display - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to improve the workability and operability of a multi-window display device by maximizing the size of all windows being displayed. In a multi-window display device that displays a plurality of window screens each having a specified size at a predetermined position, when maximizing the window screen is instructed, the window being displayed is identified and the maximum window size is determined. Window configuration change unit (20)
A window display control unit (21) that changes each window size to the maximum screen size and edits the display data of the area corresponding to the size as the window screen by the window size maximizing instruction for all the windows. And switching key means (2) for switching and displaying the plurality of maximized windows in a predetermined order.
2) Configure so that and.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-window display device, and more particularly to changing a window configuration.

With the recent spread of multi-window display devices, improvement in operability for operators has been demanded. Multi-window display methods include tile display in which each window is displayed side by side, cascade display in which the windows are shifted little by little (for example, by the title bar), but as the number of windows increases, especially when the display screen is small. , The individual windows become smaller, the amount of display data decreases, and the workability in data input, data reference, etc. deteriorates.

In such a case, the window is maximized (the data for the full screen area is displayed) for the work, but when the control is transferred to another window, the operation is returned to the original size. Therefore, the mouse operation and the key operation for inputting data are frequently used separately, which makes the operation troublesome. Therefore, there is a demand for a multi-window display device that can be changed to a window configuration that maximizes all window sizes.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example. FIG. 6 shows an example in which three sets of windows necessary for processing a certain job are displayed (opened).
B and C correspond to each process as a GUI (graphical user interface), and an operator works by facing the frontmost window.

The windows are arranged in tiles, cascades, etc. as described above. However, in the case of business use, the windows are arranged at the optimum positions as shown in the figure so that it is convenient to refer to other screens. Are often overlapped.

In FIG. 6, window C is in the foreground and is active as an interface, and work such as preparation and update of the accounts balance report is performed, but the window size is small and the entire accounts balance report is displayed. It will not be scrolled if necessary. This scroll may be automatically scrolled with data input, or the operator may be scrolled by the scroll key.

When the processing of the window C is completed and the processing is transferred to another window, the mouse pointer is moved to the position of the window screen and clicked. As a result, the window is displayed in the foreground and processing can be performed in the window.

Here, when the window is maximized, the maximize button 30 is displayed on the frontmost window C as shown in FIG. 6 (1). Therefore, the mouse pointer is moved to this position and clicked. To do. As a result, the window is maximized and displayed as shown in (2). When the work on this window is completed, the mouse pointer is moved to the position of the original size button 31 and clicked to return to the original screen (1).

[0009]

As described above,
In a conventional multi-window display device, a plurality of open windows are displayed on one screen at the same time, so the size of each window is small and the amount of data that can be displayed is small. For this reason, the workability is deteriorated, so the size is maximized, but when switching to another window (set to the front), the size must be restored to the original size, and the operation is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-window display device which improves the workability by eliminating the inconvenience of operations such as maximizing / originalizing the window size.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the multi-window display device of the present invention, as shown in the principle diagram of the present invention of FIG. In the multi-window display device to display in the position, when the window screen maximization is instructed, the window configuration changing unit 20 for identifying the window being displayed and instructing maximization of each window size, and the maximum window size By the instruction
Window display control unit that changes each window size to the maximum screen size and edits the display data of the area corresponding to that size as each window screen
21 and switching key means 22 for switching and displaying the plurality of maximized windows in a predetermined order.

A window configuration is instructed to maximize the size of all windows being displayed. According to this instruction, the window configuration changing unit 20 identifies all the windows being displayed, and instructs the window display control unit 21 to maximize the window size. Thereby, the window display control unit 21 changes the size of each window to the maximum window size corresponding to the display screen, and edits the display data of the area corresponding to the size as the window screen.

As a result, the foreground window is maximized and displayed, and the other window screens are erased on the screen, so that the switching key means 22 is used for switching. As described above, the window size of all opened windows is maximized and displayed according to the display screen size (represented by the number of lines, columns, or pixels), so press the maximize button every time you switch windows. The operability when working with the maximum screen size is improved without the hassle of pressing the original size button.

[0014]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment, FIG. 3 is a process flowchart, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an explanation (part 1) of the embodiment,
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an explanation (part 2) of the embodiment.

In FIG. 2, 2 is a plurality of screen memories,
Input / output screen data (here, data for one screen corresponding to window A, window B, and window C shown in FIG. 6) as a GUI of the work processing unit 3 are stored.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a work processing unit, which is opened by a window control unit 7 to open windows A, B, and C when the operator selectively activates the window.
Perform predetermined business processing based on each input data.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a window configuration changing section, which is activated by a later-described key depression by an operator in the window shown in FIG. 4 (1), the window corresponding to the window configuration changing section shown in FIG. 4 (2). The configuration change window 4a is opened. In this window, buttons for window configurations that should be changed are displayed, and "Maximize"
When the button is clicked, the maximizing process of the present invention is performed. To restore the original size, click the "Resize" button to return to the window size shown in Fig. 4 (1).

Reference numeral 5 is configuration information stored in the memory. The window configuration changing unit 4 manages the current window configuration, the number of open windows, and the like. Although not shown, this configuration information is displayed in a part of the window configuration change window 4a as the current window configuration, though not shown. In the case of the maximized configuration, the windows other than the foremost window cannot be seen, so it can be confirmed by opening the window configuration change window 4a. You may make it manage a window name and display the window name displayed next.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an input unit, which is composed of a keyboard, a mouse and the like. Shown "CTRL", "ESC", "AL"
"T", "REV", and "TAB" are control keys on the keyboard, and as will be described later, a combination of these (simultaneous pressing) changes the window configuration.

A window control unit 7 analyzes the operation input from the input unit 6 to open the window of each processing unit instructed to be activated, and performs window control such as issuing a window switching instruction.

A window screen memory 8 stores the data displayed in the opened window by extracting it from the screen memory 2. Initially, the data from the origin of all screen data is stored as the data display start position, but when the scroll operation is performed, the screen memory 2
The data display start position of is moved and stored again. In the case of size maximization, data for the maximum screen size is extracted from the screen memory 2 and stored.

A window display control unit 9 displays a window instructed to be opened. At this time, referring to the window management information 10, as described above, the window screen memory 8 extracts and stores the data of the specified window size from the screen memory 2, and the VRAM 12 based on the specified window display position. The dot is expanded to and displayed on the display unit 13.

When displaying a plurality of windows, the contents of the window screen memory 8 are superposed and combined in a predetermined superposition order. When the window switching is instructed, the stacking order is changed and recomposition is displayed. The window being displayed is the window management information.
Manage the 10 displayed flags by turning them on.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a maximization processing unit which, when maximization is designated by the window configuration changing unit 4, displays the maximum screen size information 11
Referring to, the size of the window screen memory 8 corresponding to the specified window name in the window screen memory 8 is changed, and the window size data is extracted from the screen memory 2 and stored. At this time, the data display start position of the maximized window is the origin of the data in the screen memory 2. The data display start position when returning to the original state is also returned to the origin.

Reference numeral 10 is window management information, which manages the display position, size, display flag, etc. of the window with the window name as a key. Reference numeral 11 is maximum screen size information, and the size that can be displayed on the display screen of the display unit 13 is set by the maximum number of rows, the maximum number of digits, or the maximum number of pixels.

In the window display device having the above configuration,
A maximization process is performed by the following operation, and a maximization window structure is formed. (1) Call the window configuration changing unit 4 while the window is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (1), "CTRL + ES
When "C" is pressed (the CTRL key and the ESC key are pressed at the same time), the window configuration change window 4a is displayed in the foreground as shown in FIG. 4 (2). (2) Here, move the mouse pointer to the "Maximize" display position and click with the mouse. (3) As a result, the window configuration change unit 4 searches the display flag of the window management information 10 to identify the window name being displayed, and (4) The window display control unit 9 displays one of the window names. Is specified and the window maximization instruction is issued. (5) As a result, the maximization processing unit 14 extracts the maximum screen size information 11 and maximizes the window size (full screen).
Then, the area of the window screen memory 8 is enlarged and defined, and the display data is extracted from the origin from the screen memory 2 of the window and stored in the window screen memory 8.

Since the maximizing process is performed for one window as described above, the window display control unit 9 that repeats the processes of (4) and (5) for each window being displayed is in the foreground before maximizing. The contents of the window that matches the above, window C in this case, is taken out from the window screen memory 8, dot-developed in the VRAM 12 and displayed on the display unit 13.

As described above, the window C is maximized and displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (3), so that the user can work facing this. After this work is completed, window A
To display, press the “ALT + TAB” key, for example. As a result, the maximized window A is shown in FIG.
It is displayed in front like (4). In this state, "ALT +
When the "TAB" key is pressed again, window B is displayed in the foreground.

In order to switch in the reverse direction, a key for switching in the reverse direction is provided like the "REV + TAB" key. As described above, all windows that are being displayed are maximized and switched using the switch key, so once the maximizing configuration process is performed, work is performed on the maximized screen without operating the mouse and keyboard alternately. And the operability is improved.

[0030]

As described above, the present invention provides a multi-window display device that maximizes and displays all open windows, and maximizes the windows when the windows are switched. Since it is switched to, there is an effect that the operation is simplified when the work is maximized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment.

[Fig. 3] Process flow chart

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an explanation (1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an explanation (No. 2) of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 central processing unit CPU 2 screen memory 3 business processing unit 4 window configuration changing unit 4a window configuration changing window 5 configuration information 6 input unit 7 window control unit 8 window screen memory 9 window display control unit 10 window management information 11 maximum screen size information 12 Video memory (VRAM) 13 Display section 14 Maximization processing section 20 Window configuration changing section 21 Window display control section 22 Switching key means 30 Maximize button 31 Original size button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a multi-window display device for displaying a plurality of window screens each having a specified size at a predetermined position, when maximizing the windows is instructed, all the windows being displayed are identified and the respective window sizes are set. And a window configuration changing unit for instructing the maximization of the window size, and each window size is instructed to be changed to the maximum screen size, and the display data of the area corresponding to the size is edited as the window screen. A multi-window display device, comprising: a window display control section; and a switching key means for switching and displaying the plurality of maximized windows in a predetermined order.