GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FEATURE FOR ENABLING FASTER DISCRETE NAVIGATION AMONG MONITORS IN A MULTIPLE MONITOR WORKSTATION

摘要

A method of navigating among a plurality of monitors of a multiple monitor workstation. The method includes steps of receiving a request to navigate among the monitors when a position indictor, such as a mouse pointer, is displayed on a first one of the monitors that is active, in response to the request, displaying a navigation interface mechanism on the first one of the monitors that includes a plurality of monitor representations, with each of the monitor representations corresponding to a respective one of the monitors, receiving a selection of one of the monitor representations that corresponds to a second one of the monitors, and making the second one of the monitors active and displaying the position indicator on the second one of the monitors.