CROSS WINDOW ANIMATION
First Claim
1. A method for cross window animation, comprising:
- determining an animation area that covers a portion of different windows;
creating an overlay window that is sized to cover the animation area;
displaying the overlay window over the portion of the different windows;
performing an animation using the overlay window;
displaying the animation in the overlay window such that the animation appears to cross the different windows that are under the display of the overlay window; and
removing the overlay window when the animation is complete.
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Abstract
Animations may cross different windows. These cross window animations may include interwindow animations and/or window transition animations. Interwindow animations are used to animate elements across windows. Window transitions are used to animate moving/resizing/showing/hiding windows simultaneously. To perform these animations, an overlay window covers the animation area that includes at least a portion of two different windows. Layers may be used to represent images or visual elements that can be moved as part of an animation. These layers may be placed in the animation overlay window to move visual elements across the underlying windows. Supported underlying windows are directed to draw content directly to the overlay window during the animation. A picture of the underlying window is drawn to the animation overlay window when the underlying window is not-supported such that the underlying window is included within the animation. When the animation is complete, the animation overlay window is removed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for cross window animation, comprising:
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determining an animation area that covers a portion of different windows; creating an overlay window that is sized to cover the animation area; displaying the overlay window over the portion of the different windows; performing an animation using the overlay window; displaying the animation in the overlay window such that the animation appears to cross the different windows that are under the display of the overlay window; and removing the overlay window when the animation is complete. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for cross window animation, comprising:
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determining an animation area that covers a portion of different windows; creating an overlay window that is sized to cover the animation area; displaying the overlay window over the portion of the different windows; performing an animation using the overlay window, wherein the animation is at least one of;
an interwindow animation that animates a visual element over the different windows and a windows transition animation that comprises at least one of;
changing a size of at least one of the different windows and moving at least one of the different windows; anddisplaying the animation in the overlay window such that the animation appears to cross the different windows that are under the display of the overlay window. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for cross window animation, comprising:
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a display; a network connection that is coupled to tenants of the multi-tenant service; a processor and a computer-readable medium; an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor; and a process operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to perform actions, comprising; determining an animation area that covers a portion of different windows; creating an overlay window that is sized to cover the animation area; displaying the overlay window over the portion of the different windows; performing an animation using the overlay window, wherein the animation is at least one of;
an interwindow animation that animates a visual element over the different windows and a windows transition animation that comprises at least one of;
changing a size of at least one of the different windows and moving at least one of the different windows; anddisplaying the animation in the overlay window such that the animation appears to cross the different windows that are under the display of the overlay window. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification