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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Papamarcos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Robert Disano, Seattle, WA (US);
Stacy Carson, Seattle, WA (US);
Albert Yih, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin B. Stolovitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Howard Hughes, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Selena Feng, Chicago, IL (US);
Bret Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for reconfiguring application windows in a display. An example method includes displaying a first application window and a second application window; receiving a drag input for moving the first application window; based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of display layouts, each of the display layouts including one or more snap zones; receiving a hover of the first application window over a particular snap zone of a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; based on the hover of the first application window over the particular snap zone, displaying a zone-indicator pane corresponding to the particular snap zone; receiving a drop input of the first application window over the particular snap zone; and in response to the drop input, resizing and repositioning the first application window according the particular snap zone.