Universal size designation for display element during display and transfer
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to display an element; identifying, using a processor, a universal size designation for the element; and displaying, on a display associated with the information handling device, the element at a size associated with the universal size designation and irrespective of a screen scaling factor associated with the display. Other aspects are described and claimed.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to transfer an element from a first display associated with the information handling device to a second display associated with the information handling device, wherein the first display has an element scaling factor different than the second display;
identifying, using a processor, a dots per inch (DPI) designation for an element type that the element belongs to, wherein each element associated with the element type is assigned the DPI designation and wherein another element of a different element type has a different DPI designation, wherein the identifying the DPI designation comprises:
accessing, subsequent to logging into the information handling device, data stored in a cloud service accessible to the information handling device;
identifying, within the cloud service, a crowdsourced DPI designation for the element; and
implementing, on the information handling device, the DPI designation from the cloud service;
displaying, responsive to the identifying and based on the DPI dot pitch designation and irrespective of the element scaling factor, the element on the second display at a size that the element was displayed at on the first display; and
displaying, responsive to not identifying the DPI designation for the element, the element on the second display using a default size setting.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the element comprises a visual element selected from the group consisting of a window, an icon, a bitmap, a cursor, and a control.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the indication to display comprises receiving an initialization indication for the element.
4. An information handling device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
receive an indication to transfer an element from a first display associated with the information handling device to a second display associated with the information handling device, wherein the first display has an element scaling factor different than the second display;
identify a dots per inch (DPI) designation for an element type that the element belongs to, wherein each element associated with the element type is assigned the DPI designation and wherein another element of a different element type has a different DPI designation, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to identify the DPI designation comprise instructions executable by the processor to:
access, subsequent to logging into the information handling device, data stored in a cloud service accessible to the information handling device;
identify, within the cloud service, a crowdsourced DPI designation for the element; and
implement, on the information handling device, the DPI designation from the cloud service;
display, based on the DPI designation and irrespective of the element scaling factor, the element on the second display at a size that the element was displayed at on the first display; and
display, responsive to not identifying the DPI designation for the element, the element on the second display using a default size setting.
5. The information handling device of claim 4 , wherein the element comprises a visual element selected from the group consisting of a window, an icon, a bitmap, a cursor, and a control.
6. The information handling device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive the indication to display comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive an initialization indication for the element.
7. A product, comprising:
a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
code that receives an indication to transfer an element from a first display associated with an information handling device to a second display associated with the information handling device, wherein the first display has an element scaling factor different than the second display;
code that identifies a dots per inch (DPI) designation for an element type that the element belongs to, wherein each element associated with the element type is assigned the DPI designation and wherein another element of a different element type has a different DPI designation, wherein the code that identifies the DPI designation comprises code that:
access, subsequent to logging into the information handling device, data stored in a cloud service accessible to the information handling device;
identifies, within the cloud service, a crowdsourced DPI designation for the element; and
implements, on the information handling device, the DPI designation from the cloud service;
code that displays, based on the DPI designation and irrespective of the element scaling factor, the element on the second display at a size that the element was displayed at on the first display; and
code that displays, responsive to not identifying the DPI designation for the element, the element on the second display using a default size setting.