Data visualization

1. A graphical processor comprising:

a display tool for displaying a screen view of a data image on a display, wherein the screen view includes one or more graphical objects;

a magnifier tool for displaying a zoomed-in view of a portion of the screen view, wherein the zoomed-in view is superimposed on the screen view, and wherein the zoomed-in view remains turned on until turned off by the user, and wherein the magnifier tool is enabled to display a zoomed-in view that is not part of a current screen view;

a crosshair tool for targeting a graphical object in the zoomed-in portion of the view; and

a decoration tool for displaying a user control for a targeted graphical object.

2. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , wherein the display tool controls a panning of the screen view, and wherein the magnifier tool is controlled independently of the panning of the screen view.

3. The graphical processor according to claim 2 , wherein the magnifier tool continues to display the zoomed-in view after the screen view has panned away from the portion of the screen view.

4. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a targeting tool for targeting one or more graphical objects in the zoomed-in view and providing one or more interaction controls for targeted graphical objects.

5. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a highlighting tool for highlighting targeted graphical objects in the display.

6. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , wherein the user control is displayed in the zoomed-in portion of the view.

7. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , wherein a zoomed-in portion of the view is displayed away from a targeted graphical object in the screen view.

8. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , wherein the magnifier tool is controlled by touch events to zoom in or out of the screen view.

9. The graphical processor according to claim 1 , wherein the crosshair tool is enabled to trigger tool tips when hovering over a graphical object on the screen view.

10. A method comprising:

displaying, by one or more processors, a screen view of a data image on a display, wherein the screen view includes one or more graphical objects;

displaying, by one or more processors, a zoomed-in view of a portion of the screen view, wherein the zoomed-in view is superimposed on the screen view, and wherein the zoomed-in view remains turned on until turned off by the user, and wherein the zoomed-in view is not part of a current screen view;

targeting, by one or more processors, a graphical object in the zoomed-in portion of the view; and

displaying, by one or more processors, a user control for a targeted graphical object.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

panning the screen view to control a display of the screen view of the data image on the display; and

magnifying the zoomed-in view independently of said panning.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

continuing to display the zoomed-in view after a screen view has panned away from the portion of the screen view.

13. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

targeting one or more graphical objects in the zoomed-in view; and

providing one or more interaction controls for targeted graphical objects in the zoomed-in view.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

highlighting the targeted graphical objects in the zoomed-in view.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the user control is displayed in the zoomed-in portion of the view.

16. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the zoomed-in portion of the view is initially displayed away from a targeted graphical object in the screen view.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the zoomed-in view is controlled by touch events to zoom in or out.

18. A computer program product for controlling a graphical user interface, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored and encoded thereon:

first program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to display a screen view of a data image on a display, wherein the screen view includes one or more graphical objects;

second program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to display a zoomed-in view of a portion of the screen view, wherein the zoomed-in view is superimposed on the screen view, and wherein the zoomed-in view remains turned on until turned off by the user, and wherein the zoomed-in view is not part of a current screen view;

third program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to target a graphical object in the zoomed-in portion of the view; and

fourth program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to display a user control for a targeted graphical object.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18 , further comprising:

fifth program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to pan the screen view to control a display of the screen view of the data image on the display; and

sixth program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to magnify the zoomed-in view independently of said panning.