Keeping focus during desktop reveal
View Patent ↗Systems and methods are provides for adjusting focus during a desktop reveal. A window has focus before the desktop is revealed. After the window is returned and the desktop hidden, the focus is again placed on the window. Further, a configurable area associated with the screen that displays the window is maintained during the desktop reveal and the return of the window.
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions executable by a processor, the computer-executable instructions causing the processor to execute a method for changing focus in a device having first and second dynamically configurable areas outside of a display area comprising:
establishing focus on a first window;
changing focus to a second window;
receiving user input from the second dynamically configurable area to reveal a desktop;
removing focus from the second window;
moving the first and second windows from a first display and second display;
revealing the desktop;
receiving a gesture to hide the desktop;
redisplaying the first and second windows; and
replacing focus back on the second window.
2. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 1 , wherein the user input is a gesture.
3. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 2 , wherein the gesture is a spread gesture.
4. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 2 , wherein, before the desktop is revealed, a configurable area is provided, the configurable area is associated with a display displaying the window.
5. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 4 , wherein the desktop is displayed across substantially all of at least two displays.
6. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 5 , wherein when the desktop is revealed, the window appears to move from a display of the at least two displays.
7. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 6 , wherein hiding the desktop is in response to a second gesture.
8. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 6 , wherein the window is not on a primary display.
9. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein a second window is displayed with the window when the desktop is hidden.
10. A device comprising:
at least two displays, each display comprising:
a touch sensitive area;
a dynamically configurable area;
wherein a first display displays a first window and a second display displays a second window and a first dynamically configurable area is in a separate area from the first display and a second dynamically configurable area is in a separate area from the second display;
a memory;
a processor in communication with the memory and each of the at least two displays, the processor programmed to:
establish focus on the second window;
receive user input from the second dynamically configurable area to reveal a desktop;
remove focus from the second window;
hide the first and second windows;
reveal the desktop;
receive a gesture in either the first or second touch sensitive display to hide the desktop;
display the first and second windows; and
place focus back on the second window.
11. The device as defined in claim 10 , wherein the second configurable area remains active.
12. The device as defined in claim 11 , further comprising the first display is on a primary display.
13. The device as defined in claim 12 , wherein the gesture is a spread gesture.
14. The device as defined in claim 13 , wherein, when the first and second window are hidden, the first and second window appear to slide off the first and second displays.
15. The device as defined in claim 14 , wherein the desktop appears to be exposed from behind the first and second window when revealed.
16. The device as defined in claim 15 , wherein it appears to the user that the second window maintained focus during the desktop reveal.
17. A method for presenting a display for a multi-display device having first and second dynamically configurable areas outside of a display area, the method comprising:
establishing focus on a first window;
changing focus to a second window;
receiving user input from the second dynamically configurable area to reveal a desktop;
removing focus from the second window;
moving the first and second windows from a first display and second display;
revealing the desktop;
receiving a gesture to hide the desktop;
redisplaying the first and second windows; and
replacing focus back on the second window.
18. The method defined in claim 17 , wherein the desktop is behind the first and second window.
19. The method defined in claim 18 , wherein the first window is displayed on a primary display.
20. The method defined in claim 19 , wherein the second configurable area is maintained.