Intelligent Window Sizing For Graphical User Interfaces
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
- displaying a user interface on a display device displaying at least one window, the user interface including a drop down detection area;
detecting a presence of a cursor over the drop down detection area; and
displaying a tiling navigator on the display device in response to detecting the presence of the cursor over the drop down detection area, the tiling navigator including a plurality of window resizing options to resize the window to one of a plurality of display locations on the display device.
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Abstract
A device displays a drop down detection area. When the computing device detects the presence of a cursor hovering over the drop down detection area, the computing device displays a tiling navigator on the display, which includes multiple window resizing options for a user to select in order to resize a window to particular display locations on the display.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:
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displaying a user interface on a display device displaying at least one window, the user interface including a drop down detection area; detecting a presence of a cursor over the drop down detection area; and displaying a tiling navigator on the display device in response to detecting the presence of the cursor over the drop down detection area, the tiling navigator including a plurality of window resizing options to resize the window to one of a plurality of display locations on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:
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displaying a user interface on a display device displaying at least one window, the user interface including a drop down detection area; detecting that a cursor hovers over the drop down detection area; and displaying a tiling navigator on the display device in response to detecting that the cursor hovers over the drop down detection area, the tiling navigator including a plurality of window resizing options to resize the window to one of a plurality of display locations on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory accessible by at least one of the processors; a display device accessible by at least one of the processors; a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; displaying a user interface on the display device, the user interface including a drop down detection area; displaying a window on the display device detecting a presence of a cursor over the drop down detection area; and displaying a tiling navigator on the display device in response to the navigator including a plurality of window resizing options to resize the window to one of a plurality of display locations on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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