Claims
- 1. A method of temporarily changing the resolution of a screen display of a display monitor in a pointer based computer system comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user initiated input requesting a temporary change in the resolution of the screen display;
- setting the hardware mode to the requested screen resolution without changing any screen size variables in either the operating system or the display driver;
- setting the screen origin based upon one from the group consisting of a display position indicated by the user and a current cursor position;
- refreshing the display screen to display the images dictated by a program that is currently running in the requested screen resolution;
- detecting a clearing user input that occurs substantially after the refreshing step is initiated;
- restoring the hardware mode to the original screen resolution;
- restoring the screen origin to the original screen origin; and
- refreshing the display screen to display the images dictated by a program that is currently running in the original screen resolution.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the clearing user input is provided by a pointer device.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of prior application Ser. No. 08/315,586 filed Sep. 30, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,648,795, which is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 08/023,945, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,420,605 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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