Patent ID: 8356257

Claim:
A method for providing a user interface with improved navigation features for an industrial control system comprising a computer and a display device said system further comprising software objects for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by said control system, said system being further comprising a plurality of process graphics comprising one or more said software objects, the method comprising: displaying on said user interface a main view comprising a first said process graphic in a window comprising a designated view, the designated view being comprising one or more tabs, generating a designated view for a group of process graphics in which said designated view each tab is linked with a process graphic that is a member of said group, providing the designated view with one or more tabs with a direct link to other members of said group of process graphics, directly displaying, upon selection of one of the one or more tabs, another process graphic selected from said group in said industrial control system, and automatically generating a link to each process graphic in said process graphic group dependent on sharing a common process context.