Window stack control method, window management program, and window management apparatus

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:

• 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.

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:

• 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.

A window management apparatus for managing, when displaying a plurality of windows on a display unit, a stack of the windows, comprising:

• 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.