Patent ID: 8479097

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 further comprising a plurality of process graphics comprising at least one of said software objects, the method comprising: displaying on said user interface a designated view of a first said process graphic in a window comprising at least one graphic user interface object comprising a link for navigating to at least one process graphic; and displaying, on detection of a user input to said user interface relative to one of said at least one graphic user interface object, a thumbnail picture or small-scale representation of a second process graphic to which the tab or link on the window containing the first process graphic is linked, wherein the user interface comprises computer program instructions for automatically displaying at least one selected tab arranged for displaying a thumbnail of the destination process graphic of a selected tab, dependent on a task for an operator, the task comprising any from the group of: start up, operate, change operation, alarm handling tasks, specific process related tasks, maintenance, shut down.