Multi-Display Window Drag Selection With Visual Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses with multiple displays face difficulties in intuitively recognizing the selection of a display or display area for window placement, especially when icons are used for selection.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a processor that performs a series of display processes to enhance operability, such as displaying icons corresponding to multiple displays, indicating selection with color frames, and providing translucent information for display areas, allowing users to select and move windows between these areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If icons for selecting multiple displays are displayed and selection is made by operating the icon, then display selection functionality is achieved, but it becomes difficult to intuitively recognize which display was actually selected
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying a frame around the selected display area to confirm the selection state. This feedback mechanism allows users to immediately recognize which display or display area has been selected, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses color changes and frame display to indicate the selected display area. By visually highlighting the selected area with a frame, the system makes the selection state immediately recognizable, addressing the visibility issue without complicating the selection process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If screen area is split into multiple display areas for pseudo two-screen display, then multi-display functionality is achieved, but it becomes difficult to recognize which display area is selected
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying a frame around the selected display area among multiple split areas. This feedback mechanism allows users to immediately recognize which specific display area has been selected, resolving the detection difficulty while maintaining multi-display versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses visual highlighting with frames to indicate the selected display area among multiple split areas. By making the selected area visually distinct, the system enables easy recognition of the selection state while preserving the adaptability of multi-display configuration.
3Ease of operation
If drag operation is used to move window between displays, then window mobility is improved, but the selection process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays icons representing available display areas before the drag operation completes. This preliminary display of options allows users to see where the window can be moved to, simplifying the selection process while maintaining the ease of drag-based window movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback during the drag operation by displaying frames around selectable display areas. This feedback simplifies the selection process by clearly indicating valid drop zones, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining window mobility through drag operations.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus, that controls display on a plurality of displays, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application on at least one of the plurality of displays by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform: when a drag operation is accepted for the window displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays, a first display process of displaying first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays on a display on which the drag operation is started, a first selection process of selecting a display corresponding to an icon selected by the drag operation from among the first icons corresponding to the plurality of displays as a display for displaying the window being dragged.