Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jared C Simpson

Bret P Anderson

Patrice Lynn Miner

David Andrew Matthews

Song Zou

Pai-Hung Chen

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Stephan Hoefnagels

Rob Jarrett

A method and computer-storage media for minimizing application windows based on a triggering event are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include determining that a triggering event has occurred with respect to a target window, automatically minimizing all of the minimizable application windows except the target application window, and generating an undo record that may be used to restore the minimized windows upon the determination that a second triggering event has occurred with respect to the target window. In one embodiment, the triggering event is shaking the target application window.

Window minimization trigger

The described implementations relate to dynamically painting user-controls. One method dynamically determines a highlight color of a user-control under a cursor on a graphical user-interface. The method also paints at least a portion of the user-control with the highlight color.

Painting user controls

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Jared C Simpson