Modal launching
View Patent ↗Embodiments are described for handling display of modal windows in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a modal window will be launched and displayed in a display which receives the input that resulted in the display of the modal window. The other portions of a first display or second display, not displaying the modal window, are made inactive. In other embodiments, the modal window occupies only a first display and the second display remains active.
1. A method, comprising:
displaying a window of a multi-display application on at least a portion of a first display and at least a portion of a second display;
receiving input that results in launching a modal window;
in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first display or the second display, a modal window; and
wherein the window of the multi-display application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the window of the multi-display application is displayed on at least a portion of the first display and at least a second portion of the second display, and wherein a first portion of the window is displayed on the first display and the second portion of the window is displayed on the second display.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the input is received by the first display and the modal window is displayed on the first display.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the input is received by the first display and the modal window is displayed on the second display.
5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
in response to displaying the modal window, dimming at least a portion of the first display.
6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
in response to displaying the modal window, dimming at least a portion of the second display.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a second window of a second application on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the input is received by the first display and the modal window is displayed on the first display.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
in response to displaying the modal window, dimming at least a portion of the first display.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second display is not dimmed.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the modal window occupies a first portion of the first display and a second portion of the second display, the second portion comprising less than the entirety of the second display.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modal window is launched by an operating system.
13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:
displaying a window of a multi-display application on at least a first portion of a first display and on at least a second portion of a second display;
receiving input that results in launching of a modal window;
in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first display or the second display, a modal window; and
wherein the window of the multi-display application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the modal window is displayed on at least the first portion of the first display and on at least the second portion of the second display.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving input by the modal window.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:
after receiving the input, closing the modal window.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
in response to displaying the modal window, deactivating portions of the first display and the second display not displaying the modal window.
18. A dual display communication device, comprising:
a first touch sensitive display;
a second touch sensitive display;
a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:
displaying a window of a multi-display application on the first touch sensitive display and the second touch sensitive display;
receiving input that results in launching a modal window; and
in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first touch sensitive display or the second touch sensitive display, the modal window;
in response to displaying the modal window, deactivating portions of the selected one of the first touch sensitive display; and
wherein the window of the multi-display application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.
19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the modal window is launched by an operating system.
20. The device of claim 18 , wherein the modal window is launched by an application.