Apparatus and method for controlling dialog box display and system interactivity in a signal measurement system

摘要

A signal measurement system is disclosed. The signal measurement system includes an operating system and a graphical user interface. A dialog box control system constructed and arranged to manage display and interactivity with respect to a selected one of a plurality of dialog boxes to be opened on the graphical user interface in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of dialog launch modalities is included in the signal measurement system. For each of the plurality of dialog launch modalities the dialog box control system closes open dialog boxes not having a predetermined relationship with the selected dialog box, thereby achieving a display clarity associated with the selected dialog box modality. Preferably, for each of the plurality of dialog launch modalities the dialog box control system controls user interactivity with the system beyond an active dialog box, thereby also achieving an extent of system interactivity associated with the selected dialog box modality. It is also preferred that the dialog box control system applies immediately to the signal measurement system control inputs provided to the active dialog box.