Method for controlling the presentation of displays in a multi-window computer environment

In a multi-window computer environment including a display system having a display surface of one or more physical surfaces, and each window of said multi-window computer environment arranged to display therein one or more application displays of a like group, a method of controlling the presentation of said application displays in said multi-window computer environment wherein multiple application displays are displayed, and further wherein any application display requested to be displayed is caused to be displayed by said method in one of said windows in response to an operator select action, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) selecting and outputting an output focus option from a plurality of selectable options for each window as specified in a configuration file, the configuration file defining window properties for each window of said multi-window computer environment, the selectable options providing indications of where the application displays are to be presented;
• b) reading the output focus option selected;
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• c) outputting the application display to conform with the output focus option selected, thereby selecting the window in which a next-requested display having the same group is to appear.

In a multi-window computer environment including a display system having a display surface of one or more physical surfaces, and each window of said multi-window computer environment arranged to display therein one or more application displays of a like group, a method of controlling the presentation of said application displays in said multi-window computer environment wherein multiple application displays are displayed, and further wherein any application display requested to be displayed is caused to be displayed by said method in one of said windows in response to an operator-select action, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) selecting and outputting a global output focus option from a plurality of selectable options for each window as specified in a configuration file, the configuration file defining window properties for each window of said multi-window computer environment, the selectable options providing indications of where the application displays are to be presented;
• b) reading the global output focus option selected;
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• c) outputting the application display to conform with the global output focus option selected, selecting the window in which a next-requested display is to appear independent of the group of the next-requested display.