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Qixing Zheng

Thomas Scott Coon

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Robert J Jarrett

Bret P Anderson

Mark Yalovsky

Malia Morioka Douglas

Jennifer Nan

Alex G Snitkovskiy

Joshua Clow

Gabriel S DeBacker

Matthew P Duignan

Yaou Wei

Jason Blackheart

Christopher E Swan

Rebecca Haruyama

Ruediger A Kinast

Jason Morris Yore

Transitioning of a command user interface (UI) between a toolbar UI and a full menu UI based on a use context is provided. An application such as a messaging application detects a request to interact with a message. A presentation mode is identified based on the use context associated with the request. The use context includes a reading mode or an authoring mode. A command UI is generated based on the presentation mode. The command UI includes a toolbar UI for the reading mode or a full menu UI for the authoring mode. The command UI is displayed in proximity to the message within a messaging UI.

Transitioning command user interface between toolbar user interface and full menu user interface based on use context

In some examples, a gesture configuration component provides for different ways to interpret gestures made by a user to specify various parameters of control settings to modify system or application settings. For instance, a user may change display settings for one or more display devices, such as resolution, orientation, and display arrangements. Further, in some cases, the gesture configuration component may perform configuration changes while providing a live preview of the changes being made.

Gesture manipulations for configuring system settings

A shared edge for a display environment is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of a computing device that is implemented using a plurality of display devices is configured to include a shared edge defined through a described arrangement of at least two of the display devices in relation to each other. Responsive to an input that describes movement of a cursor across at least a portion of the shared edge, an element is displayed in the display environment.

Shared edge for a display environment

A display environment for a plurality of display devices is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of an operating system of a computing device is configured to display a plurality of shells that support user interaction with the operating system by launching a first shell for display on a first display device of the computing device and launching a second shell for display on a second display device of the computing device such that the first and second shells are displayable simultaneously by the computing device.

Display environment for a plurality of display devices

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