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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Jean-Luc Collet, La Gaude, FR;
Marc C. Fiammante, Sr Laurent du Var, FR;
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Joaquin Picon, St Laurent du Var, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing overlapping windows. A hook filter intercepts an event directed to a target application before the event reaches the target application. The event is characterized by an overlapping condition in which a floating window partially or totally overlaps an active window on a computer screen of a computer system. Responsive to intercepting the event, the hook filter detects the overlapping condition. Responsive to detecting the overlapping condition, the hook filter eliminates the overlapping condition to make the active window totally visible. Parameters of the floating window are recorded in a table, the parameters prevailing upon the intercepting of the event, the parameters including an overlap condition parameter. After the overlapping condition is eliminated and responsive to the active window becoming inactive, the floating window is restored on the computer screen in accordance with the recorded parameters.