Window management method, apparatus and computing device

A window management apparatus configured to manage at least two windows opened in an electronic device, comprising:

• a window rendering management device adapted to manage the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target window of the at least two windows to which the input operation is directed, and simultaneously adaptively change the size and location of at least one other window of the at least two windows;
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• a window element rendering management device configured to manage the rendering of an element in the target window when the target window is scaled;
• wherein the window element rendering management device comprises:
• a window size detection module configured to detect the size of the target window when the target window has been scaled;
• a display type determination module configured to determine display type of an element in the scaled target window based on a preset correspondence between window size and element display type;
• an element scaling module configured to detect the scale ratio of the target window which is scaled, to determine a scale ratio of an element in the target window based on preset correspondence between window scale ratio and element scale ratio, and to determine the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio of the element, wherein when the element scale ratio is smaller than the window scale ratio, the element scaling module further determines the number of elements to be rendered in a visible area of the target window according to the size of the scaled target window and the size of each element in the target window, and
• a rendering module configured to render the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements;
• wherein, the window management apparatus is configured to create element indices for all the elements after learning all the elements to be displayed in the target window;
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• when the number of elements to be rendered in the visible area of the target window is increased due to scaling, the rendering module is configured to look up the element indices and to acquire a number of elements according to the number of elements, and to mark the acquired elements as having a displaying attribute so as to render them in the visible area of the target window.

A window management apparatus configured to manage at least two windows opened in an electronic device, comprising:

• a window rendering management device adapted to manage the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target window of the at least two windows to which the input operation is directed, and simultaneously adaptively change the size and location of at least one other window of the at least two windows;
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• a window element rendering management device configured to manage the rendering of an element in the target window when the target window is scaled;
• wherein the window element rendering management device comprises:
• a window size detection module configured to detect the size of the target window when the target window has been scaled;
• a display type determination module configured to determine display type of an element in the scaled target window based on a preset correspondence between window size and element display type;
• an element scaling module configured to detect the scale ratio of the target window which is scaled, to determine a scale ratio of an element in the target window based on preset correspondence between window scale ratio and element scale ratio, and to determine the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio of the element, wherein when the element scale ratio is smaller than the window scale ratio, the element scaling module further determines the number of elements to be rendered in a visible area of the target window according to the size of the scaled target window and the size of each element in the target window, and
• a rendering module configured to render the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements;
• wherein, when an element in the target window contains an image and a text which are displayed at different layers, the element scaling module is configured to determine the respective layers for the image and the text, to determine an image layer for the image and a text layer for the text as different objects, and to change the size of an object at the image layer according to the determined scale ratio of the element, while the size of an object at the text layer remains unchanged.

A window management method for managing at least two windows opened in an electronic device, comprising:

• a window rendering management step of managing the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target window of the at least two windows to which the input operation is directed, and simultaneously adaptively change the size and location of at least one other window of the at least two windows;
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• a window element rendering management step of managing the rendering of an element in the target window when the target window is scaled;
• wherein the window element rendering management step comprises:
• detecting the size of the target window when the target window has been scaled;
• determining display type of an element in the scaled target window based on a preset correspondence between window size and element display type;
• detecting the scale ratio of the target window, determining a scale ratio of an element in the target window based on a preset correspondence between window scale ratio and element scale ratio, and determining the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio of the element;
• determining the number of elements to be rendered in a visible area of the target window according to the size of the scaled target window and the size of each element in the target window, when the element scale ratio is smaller than the window scale ratio;
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• rendering the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements;
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• wherein the step of rendering the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements comprises:
• marking, when the number of elements to be displayed in the visible area of the target window needs to be reduced due to scaling, some of the elements rendered in the visible area of the target window prior to scaling as having a hidden attribute according to the number of elements to be reduced.

A window management method for managing at least two windows opened in an electronic device, comprising:

• a window rendering management step of managing the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target window of the at least two windows to which the input operation is directed, and simultaneously adaptively change the size and location of at least one other window of the at least two windows;
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• a window element rendering management step of managing the rendering of an element in the target window when the target window is scaled;
• wherein the window element rendering management step comprises:
• detecting the size of the target window when the target window has been scaled;
• determining display type of an element in the scaled target window based on a preset correspondence between window size and element display type;
• detecting the scale ratio of the target window, determining a scale ratio of an element in the target window based on a preset correspondence between window scale ratio and element scale ratio, and determining the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio of the element;
• determining the number of elements to be rendered in a visible area of the target window according to the size of the scaled target window and the size of each element in the target window, when the element scale ratio is smaller than the window scale ratio;
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• rendering the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements;
• further comprising a step of creating element indices for all the elements after learning all the elements to be displayed in the target window;
• when the number of elements to be rendered in the visible area of the target window is increased due to scaling, the rendering module is configured to look up the element indices and to acquire a number of elements according to the number of elements, and to mark the acquired elements as having a displaying attribute so as to render them in the visible area of the target window;
• wherein the step of rendering the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements comprises:
• when the number of elements to be rendered in the visible area of the target window is increased due to scaling, looking up the element indices and acquiring a number of elements according to the number of elements to be increased, and marking the acquired elements as having a displaying attribute so as to render them in the visible area of the target window.

A window management method for managing at least two windows opened in an electronic device, comprising:

• a window rendering management step of managing the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target window of the at least two windows to which the input operation is directed, and simultaneously adaptively change the size and location of at least one other window of the at least two windows;
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• a window element rendering management step of managing the rendering of an element in the target window when the target window is scaled;
• wherein the window element rendering management step comprises:
• detecting the size of the target window when the target window has been scaled;
• determining display type of an element in the scaled target window based on a preset correspondence between window size and element display type;
• detecting the scale ratio of the target window, determining a scale ratio of an element in the target window based on a preset correspondence between window scale ratio and element scale ratio, and determining the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio of the element;
• determining the number of elements to be rendered in a visible area of the target window according to the size of the scaled target window and the size of each element in the target window, when the element scale ratio is smaller than the window scale ratio;
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• rendering the elements in the target window according to the determined display types and sizes and the determined number of the elements;
• wherein the step of determining the size of the element in the target window based on the determined scale ratio comprises:
• when an element in the target window contains an image and a text which are displayed at different layers, determining the respective layers for the image and the text, determining an image layer for the image and a text layer for the text as different objects, and changing the size of an object at the image layer according to the determined scale ratio of the element, while the size of an object at the text layer remains unchanged.