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Arthur Li-Pang Chen

Alexander Leo Campbell

Dena Natalie Saunders

Bradford Glenn Singley

Houman Motevaselolhagh

Pavi Bhatter

Zhe Liu

Allan Joseph Bonifacio

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Katherine Chen Lee

Ilda Maria Ladeira

Chelsea Le

A computing device is configured to perform acts that include displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system installed on the computing device, where a taskbar of the GUI includes a search box. The search box includes: 1) a text entry field that is configured to receive textual input; and 2) a graphical icon. The acts also include detecting a selection of the text entry field and presenting a first graphical pane on the display in response to detecting the selection of the text entry field, where the first graphical pane includes first content. The acts also include detecting a selection of the graphical icon. The acts further include presenting a second graphical pane on the display in response to detecting the selection of the graphical icon, where the second graphical pane comprises second content that is different from the first content.

Retrieval and display of content associated with search functionality represented in a taskbar

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