MINIMIZING AND MAXIMIZING BETWEEN LANDSCAPE DUAL DISPLAY AND LANDSCAPE SINGLE DISPLAY
Methods and devices for minimizing and maximizing displayed output associated with applications are provided. More particularly, an application presented across two or more screens of a device in a landscape mode can be minimized to present portion of the application in one of the screens. With respect to a maximization operation received with respect to a page of an application results in the expansion of the displayed portion of the application to multiple screens of the device. Input to effect minimization and maximization operations can be entered in one or more gesture capture regions associated with the screens.
1 . A method for controlling a display of a device, comprising:
presenting a view of a first application across first and second screens of the device;
receiving a first input from a user, wherein the first input includes an input to minimize the first application to one of the first and second screens of the device, wherein at least a portion of the view of the first application is displayed by a first one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device, and wherein a second one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device does not display any portion of the first application.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input from the user is received in a gesture capture region of the device, and wherein the gesture capture region is included as part of at least one of the first and second screens of the device.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the device includes first and second gesture capture regions, wherein the first gesture capture region is outside of an area of a first touch screen portion of the first screen, and wherein the second gesture capture region is outside of an area of a second touch screen of the second screen.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first input is received in the first gesture capture region, wherein after receiving the first input the at least a portion of the view of the first application is displayed by the second screen and the first screen does not display any portion of the first application.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first input is received in the second gesture capture region, wherein after receiving the first input the at least a portion of the view of the first application is displayed by the first screen, and wherein the second screen does not display any portion of the first application.
6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the device is oriented such that the first and second screens are presented in a dual landscape format, and wherein the first input includes a gesture that is input in a direction from a top of the first screen towards a bottom of the first screen.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least a portion of the view of the first application displayed by the second screen after receiving the first input includes at least some of a portion of the view of the first application displayed by the first screen prior to receiving the first input.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the device is oriented such that the first and second screens are presented in a dual landscape format, and wherein the first input includes a gesture that is input in a direction from a top of the second screen towards a bottom of the second screen.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least a portion of the view of the first application displayed by the first screen after receiving the first input does not include at least some of a portion of the view of the first application displayed by the second screen prior to receiving the first input.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least a portion of the view of the first application displayed by the first screen after receiving the first input does not include any portion of the view of the first application displayed by the second screen prior to receiving the first input.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the view of the first application displayed by a first one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device after receiving the first input includes a portion of the view of the first application that was displayed by the second one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device prior to receiving the first input.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application is a web browser, and wherein the portion of the view of the first application that is displayed by the first one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device after receiving the first input that was displayed by the second one of the first screen of the device and the second screen of the device includes at least one of a notification bar, a tab bar, an action bar, and a page scroll overlay.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving the first input, receiving a second input from the user, wherein the second input includes an input to maximize the first application to both of the first and second screens of the device, wherein the view of the first application is expanded by the input to maximize the first application.
14 . A device, comprising:
a first screen, including:
a first touch screen display, wherein the first touch screen display is located within a first area of the first screen;
a first gesture capture region, wherein the first gesture capture region is located within a second area of the screen;
a second screen, including:
a second touch screen display, wherein the second touch screen display is located within a first area of the second screen;
a second gesture capture region, wherein the second gesture capture region is located within a second area of the second screen;
memory;
a processor;
application programming stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the application programming is operable to:
present a first portion of a view of a first application within the first touch screen display;
present a second portion of a view of the first application within the second touch screen display;
receive a first input entered by a user in the gesture capture region to minimize the first application;
in response to the first input entered by the user to minimize the first application, present the at least some of the first portion of the view of the first application in a first one of the first and second touch screen displays, and to discontinue presenting at least some of the second portion of the view of the first application in a second one of the first and second touch screen displays.
15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein with the device oriented such that the first and second touch screen displays are in a dual landscape mode with the first touch screen display above the second touch screen display, and wherein the first input is entered in one of the first and second gesture capture regions.
16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the application programming is further operable to receive a second input after receiving the first input to maximize the first application to both the first and second touch screens, wherein in response to the second input the view the first application is expanded such that it is presented by the first touch screen and the second touch screen.
17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the first input is received in a first one of the first and second gesture capture regions, and wherein the second input is received in a second one of the first and second gesture capture regions.
18 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for selectively presenting an application across a display of a device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
instructions to display a first portion of a first application on a first screen of the device;
instructions to display a second portion of the first application on a second screen of the device;
in response to a first input received from a user to minimize the first application to a selected first one of the first and second screens of the device, display at least some of the first portion of the first application on the selected one of the first and second screens of the device, and to discontinue the display of the at least some of the second portion of the first application on a second one of the first and second screens of the device.
19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the first input is received in a gesture capture region associated with the second one of the first and second screens of the device.
20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , the instructions further comprising:
in response to a second input received from the user to maximize the first application to both the first and second screens of the device, expand the display of the first application to the first and second screens, wherein the second input is received in a gesture capture region associated with the first one of the first and second screens of the device.