JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS

1 . A system for reconfiguring applications windows in a display, the system comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the system to perform operations comprising:

displaying, on the display, an application window;

receiving a drag input for moving the application window;

based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of different display layouts with different snap zone configurations;

receiving a drop input of the application window over a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; and

in response to the drop input, repositioning the application window according to the particular display layout.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the invocation region is an invocation-threshold distance from a border of the display.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the application window is also resized according to the particular display layout.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying the repositioned application window;

displaying, concurrently with the application window, a pending-zone indicator;

displaying, within the pending-zone indicator, a representation of a second application window;

receiving a selection of the representation of the second application window; and

in response to receiving the selection, displaying the second application window according to the pending-zone indicator.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the representation of the second application window includes a display of a title segment including a title of the second application window.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

accessing display characteristics for the display; and

generating the plurality of display layouts based on the display characteristics.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein a quantity of display layouts in the plurality of display layouts is based on the display characteristics.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein arrangements of one or more snap zones in the plurality of display layouts are based on the display characteristics.

9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the display characteristics include a display orientation.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining application characteristics for an application of the application window; and

generating the plurality of display layouts based on the application characteristics.

11 . A computer-implemented method for reconfiguring application windows in a display, the method comprising:

displaying, on the display, an application window;

receiving a drag input for moving the application window;

based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of different display layouts with different snap zone configurations;

receiving a drop input of the application window over a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; and

in response to the drop input, repositioning the application window according to the particular display layout.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the invocation region is between a border of the display and an invocation-threshold distance from the border of the display.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the invocation region is a region outside a radius threshold from where the drag input begins.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

accessing display characteristics for the display; and

generating the plurality of display layouts based on the display characteristics.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein a quantity of display layouts in the plurality of display layouts is based on the display characteristics.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein repositioning the application window includes resizing the application window.

17 . A computer-implemented method for reconfiguring application windows in a display, the method comprising:

displaying an application window in a desktop extended across multiple displays including a first display and a second display;

receiving a first input for moving the application window into an invocation region of the first display;

based on the first input, displaying a first layout menu with a first plurality of display layouts, wherein the first plurality of display layouts are based on display characteristics of the first display;

receiving a second input for moving the application window into an invocation region of the second display; and

based on the second input, displaying a second layout menu with a second plurality of display layouts, wherein the second plurality of display layouts are based on display characteristics of the second display.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the first plurality of display layouts are different than the second plurality of display layouts.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first display is smaller than the second display, and the second plurality of display layouts has a larger quantity of display layouts than the first plurality of display layouts.

20 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

based on a hover of the application window over a particular display layout of the second plurality of display layouts, displaying, in the second display, a zone-indicator pane corresponding to the particular display layout;

receiving a drop input of the application window over the particular display layout;

in response to the drop input, resizing and repositioning the application window according to the particular display layout; and

displaying the resized, repositioned application window in the second display.