US 11,836,327 B2
Application window divider control for window layout management
Miron Vranjes, Seattle, WA (US); Jesse Clay Satterfield, Redmond, WA (US); Matthew Isaac Worley, Bellevue, WA (US); Chaitanya Sareen, Seattle, WA (US); Nils Anders Sundelin, Bothell, WA (US); Abhishek Malani, Redmond, WA (US); Alice Steinglass, Bellevue, WA (US); and Robert James Jarrett, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,086.
Application 17/705,086 is a continuation of application No. 13/863,369, filed on Apr. 15, 2013, granted, now 11,294,529.
Prior Publication US 2022/0214776 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
presenting an application window divider control shared by a first application window and a second application window in a user interface; and
responsive to a user-induced movement of the application window divider control, providing a visual cue representing relative sizing options of the first application window and the second application window resulting from the user-induced movement prior to receiving a user-commitment of the user-induced movement, the visual cue including snapshots represented near a location of initiation of the user-induced movement, the snapshots providing a representation of each of the first application window and the second application window, each snapshot providing a resizing suggestion for the first application window or the second application window along a horizontal axis or a vertical axis.