Method and system for generating a control system user interface

A graphical user interface for an industrial control system comprising a computer, the graphical user interface comprising:

• a display device;
• a plurality of process graphics comprising one or more software objects for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by said control system, arranged such that elements of one or more of the software objects or part thereof may be displayed on an interface displayed on said display device:
• computer program instructions for generating and displaying in the graphical user interface a main view comprising a first said process graphic in a window, which first said process graphic is a member of a predetermined group of process graphics, the main view comprising a designated view comprising one or more tabs directly linked to other members of the predetermined group in said industrial control system, such that selecting one of the tabs on a designated view of a main view with a process graphic allows the user to navigate to one of the predetermined group of process graphics.

26-31. (canceled)

A computer and a display device comprised in an industrial control system, which system further comprises a plurality of process graphics comprising at least one software object for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by said control system, arranged such that elements of at least a portion of at least one of the software objects may be displayed on an interface displayed on said display device, said user interface comprising elements configured to generate and display in a graphical user interface a main view comprising a first said process graphic in a window comprising a designated view, the designated view comprising at least one tab, wherein first said process graphic is a member of a predetermined group of process graphics, wherein the tabs are directly linked to other members of the predetermined group of process objects, such that selecting one of the at least one tab on the designated view of a process graphic allows the user to navigate to one of the predetermined group of process graphics.