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Application window divider control for window layout management

US11294529B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Miron Vranjes · Seattle, US
Jesse Clay Satterfield · Seattle, US
Matthew I. Worley · Bellevue, US
Chaitanya Dev Sareen · Seattle, US
Nils A. Sundelin · Bothell, US
Abhishek Malani · Redmond, US
Alice Steinglass · Bellevue, US
Robert J. Jarrett · Snohomish, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2013
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04803
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An application window divider control is shared by a first application window and a second application window in a user interface. Based on a received directional instruction that moves the application window divider control along an axis of the user interface, placement of the first application window and the second application window may be positioned across a range of consistently spaced points along an axis of the user interface. Placement adjustment can also impact other application windows in the user interface. The application window divider control may also snap to provide “magnetic” points along the axis when certain conditions are satisfied.

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