Window stack control method, window management program, and window management apparatus
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Abstract
When controlling a window stack for managing a stack of windows in displaying a plurality of windows on a display unit (11) by a computer (7), each of the application programs (101, 102, and 103) assigns a window to a group, and the window management program (104) collectively arrange the window as a group so as to determine a stacking order of the window in the group. Thereby, a window display performed by an application displaying a window at the forefront is prevented from being improperly influenced by another application.
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38 Claims
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17. A window stack control method for managing a stack of a plurality of windows which are displayed on a display unit based on one or more application programs, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for newly creating a window from the application program;
designating a group of the window from the application program;
receiving a request for displaying the window from the application program; and
collectively arranging the window as a group so as to determine a stacking order of the window in the group when displaying the window in response to the display request, wherein in the collectively arranging step, a stacking order of the window is determined so as to be consecutively followed by a stacking order of a group to which the window belong, with maintaining stacking orders of respective window groups of windows which have been collectively arranged as groups. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A window management program for managing a stack of a plurality of windows which are displayed on a display unit based on one or more application programs, wherein a computer is operable to execute the steps of:
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designating a group of a window from the application program;
receiving a request for displaying the window from the application program; and
collectively arranging the window as a group so as to determine a stacking order of the window in the group when receiving the display request.
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38. A window management apparatus for managing, when displaying a plurality of windows on a display unit, a stack of the windows, comprising:
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one or more application programs for displaying one or more windows on the display unit;
a window management program for managing a stack of the windows displayed by the one or more application programs; and
a processing unit for executing the application programs and the window management program, wherein the application program designates a group of a window with respect to the window management program, and the window management program performs control, when receiving a request for displaying a window from the application program and displaying the window, so as to collectively arrange the window as a group so as to determine a stacking order of the window in the group.
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