Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Theresa B Pittappilly

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Orry Wijanarko Soegiono

Gerrit H Hofmeester

Holger Kuehnle

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Patrice Lynn Miner

Tsz Yan Wong

Paul J Kwiatkowski

Ross Nathaniel Luengen

Alice Pritikin Steinglass

Robert Disano

Jennifer Nan

Rebecca J Deutsch

Nicholas Randall Waggoner

Raymond J Chen

Brian S LeVee

William D Carr

Paul Armistead Hoover

Adrian James Garside

Michael J Patten

Jon Gabriel Clapper

Chantal M Leonard

John C Whytock

Maxim Mazeev

Heiwad Hamidy Osman

Jennifer Marie Wolfe

Jarrod Lombardo

Jason D Farnsworth

Maxim V Mazeev

Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming 'in' and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.

Semantic zoom animations

Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming 'in' and 'out.' These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.

Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell.

Navigation of immersive and desktop shells

Display of immersive and desktop shells

Various embodiments enable target disambiguation and correction. In one or more embodiments, target disambiguation includes an entry mode in which attempts are made to disambiguate one or more targets that have been selected by a user, and an exit mode which exits target disambiguation. Entry mode can be triggered in a number of different ways including, by way of example and not limitation, acquisition of multiple targets, selection latency, a combination of multiple target acquisition and selection latency, and the like. Exit mode can be triggered in a number of different ways including, by way of example and not limitation, movement of a target selection mechanism outside of a defined geometry, speed of movement of the target selection mechanism, and the like.

Target disambiguation and correction

Desktop as immersive application

Cross slide gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, cross slide gestures can be used on content that pans or scrolls in one direction, to enable additional actions, such as content selection, drag and drop operations, and the like. In one or more embodiments, a cross slide gesture can be performed by dragging an item or object in a direction that is different from a scrolling direction. The different-direction drag can be mapped to additional actions or functionality. In one or more embodiments, one or more thresholds can be utilized, such as a distance threshold, in combination with the different-direction drag, to map to additional actions or functionality.

Cross-slide gesture to select and rearrange

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