Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Just-in-time snap layouts
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Application No.: US18485869Application Date: 2023-10-12
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Publication No.: US12293070B2Publication Date: 2025-05-06
- Inventor: Eric Papamarcos , Robert Disano , Stacy Carson , Albert Yih , Benjamin B. Stolovitz , Howard Hughes , Selena Feng , Bret Anderson
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F3/0486
- IPC: G06F3/0486 ; G06F3/0482

Abstract:
Systems and methods for reconfiguring application windows in a display. An example method includes displaying a first application window and a second application window; receiving a drag input for moving the first application window; based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of display layouts, each of the display layouts including one or more snap zones; receiving a hover of the first application window over a particular snap zone of a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; based on the hover of the first application window over the particular snap zone, displaying a zone-indicator pane corresponding to the particular snap zone; receiving a drop input of the first application window over the particular snap zone; and in response to the drop input, resizing and repositioning the first application window according the particular snap zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240036722A1 JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS Public/Granted day:2024-02-01
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