Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Poorva Singal

Nazia Zaman

Alan Andrew Urdan

Hui-Chun Ku

Lauren Michelle Beckwith

Brian Eric Uphoff

Matthew Neil Akers

Jaclyn Carley Knapp

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Richard Jennings Duncan

Miron Vranjes

Anshul Rawat

Christopher Doan

Megan Lesley Tedesco

Nora Micheva

John C Whytock

Henri-Charles Machalani

Jeff G Arnold

Harnoor Singh

Matthew N Akers

Brian E Uphoff

Jaclyn C Knapp

Megan L Tedesco

Techniques to control arrangement of items in a user interface is described. In one or more implementations, intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by a computing device. A priority ordering of items, one to another, is determined that is specified for display of the items in a first layout in a user interface of the computing device. The items are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose one or more linear arrangements of the groups. Arrangement of the items is controlled by the computing device for display in a second layout in the user interface that is different from the first layout by an amount of display area available in the user interface along one or more dimensions. The control includes following the priority ordering of the items to select positions of the items within respective groups based on availability of an open area that is available to fit a display of a respective item within the group and that minimizes a display area consumed by the group in the user interface.

Control of item arrangement in a user interface

Techniques involving control of interaction with an application launcher are described. In one or more implementations, interaction with a plurality of representations of applications or content in an application launcher is controlled by a computing device. The plurality of representations are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective said application or content. The controlling includes detection of which of a plurality of types of interaction are used by a user in relation to the application launcher. Responsive to the detection that a gesture type of interaction is used, a manage mode is entered in which customization or commands of the representations is initiated using gestures that are not usable to initiate the customization or commands outside the manage mode. Responsive to detection that a cursor or keyboard type of interaction is used, the customization or the commands of the representations is enabled using a cursor control device or keyboard, respectively, without entering the manage mode.

Control of representation interaction within an application launcher

Application launcher sizing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likely usage context is determined, by a computing device, of a user in interacting with the computing device. An application launcher is dynamically sized within a display area of the user interface by the computing device based on the determined likely usage context of the user. The application launcher is configured for output responsive to an input received from a user and includes a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective said application.

Application launcher sizing

Techniques to control addition of representations to an application launcher are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received by a computing device to add a representation of an application or content to the application launcher of the computing device. The application launcher has a plurality of representations of applications or content that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective application or content and are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose a plurality of linear arrangements of the groups. A location is controlled by the computing device at which to include the added representation in the application launcher based at least in part a determination of whether one of the plurality of groups is associated with a positional tag.

Control of addition of representations to an application launcher

Display screen with graphical user interface

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