Facilitating selection of objects on display screens

摘要

A method for facilitating selection of an object on the display screen, an apparatus for implementing the method, and a program for causing a computer to function as the apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of selecting a specific object on the display screen in response to a user input, extracting any of a plurality of objects displayed on the display screen that overlaps the selected specific object as a selection candidate by following a tree structure of the objects, and displaying a selection switching view including an element representing the selection candidate in the vicinity of the selected specific object.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating selection of an object on a display screen of a computer, comprising the steps of:
the computer selecting a specific object on the display screen in response to a user input; the computer extracting any of a plurality of objects displayed on the display screen that overlaps the selected specific object as a selection candidate by following a tree structure of the objects; and the computer displaying a selection switching view including an element representing the selection candidate in the vicinity of the selected specific object; wherein in response to the user selecting a specific element included in the selection switching view, said extracting step is repeated with an object corresponding to the specific element as a new specific object, to rewrite the contents of the selection switching view with the element representing the selection candidate newly extracted through the repetition of the step.