Adaptive display screen partitioning
An information handling system selects applicable display partitions based on the properties of a display screen, and determines a preferred window size of an application. The system adjusts a target zone of a window of the application based on the preferred window size.
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, properties of a display screen including dots per inch and an aspect ratio;
when the display screen meets a minimum dots per inch based on a user preference, then selecting a first set of applicable display partitions based on the properties including the minimum dots per inch, the aspect ratio of the display screen, and a number of zones in the first set of applicable display partitions based on the user preference;
filtering the first set of applicable display partitions based on the user preference resulting in a second set of applicable display partitions, wherein the second set of applicable display partitions is a subset of the first set of applicable display partitions;
determining dynamically a preferred window size of an application from the second set of applicable display partitions; and
resizing a target zone of a window of the application displayed on the display screen based on the preferred window size.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the properties of the display screen includes a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the first set of applicable display partitions is further based on an operating system scaling setting.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the first set of applicable display partitions is further based on a minimum horizontal resolution and a minimum vertical resolution of the target zone.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resizing of the target zone when the window of the application hovers on the target zone.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resizing of the target zone when the window of the application is in response to detecting an event.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising subsequent to adjusting the target zone, resizing a neighboring zone of the target zone.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the preferred window size of the application is performed at snapping of the window of the application in the target zone.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of applicable display partitions is applied to fit the display screen.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of applicable display partitions is applied to fit two display screens.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to a user manually resizing the target zone, updating a database with a preferred horizontal resolution and vertical resolution.
12. An information handling system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations including:
determining properties of a display screen including dots per inch and an aspect ratio;
when the display screen meets a minimum dots per inch based on an application's preferred settings, then selecting a first set of applicable display partitions based on the properties of the display screen including the minimum dots per inch, the aspect ratio, and number of zones in a display partition based on the application's preferred settings;
filtering the first set of applicable display partitions based on the application's preferred settings resulting in a second set of display partitions, wherein the second set of applicable display partitions is a subset of the first set of applicable display partitions;
determining dynamically a preferred window size of an application from the second set of applicable display partitions; and
adjusting a target zone of a window of the application displayed on the display screen based on the preferred window size.
13. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the properties of the display screen includes a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution.
14. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the selecting of the first set of applicable display partitions is further based on an operating system scaling setting.
15. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the selecting of the first set of applicable display partitions is further based on a minimum horizontal resolution and a minimum vertical resolution of the target zone.
16. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the adjusting of the target zone when the window of the application hovers on the target zone.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:
selecting applicable display partitions based on properties of a display screen including dots per inch and an aspect ratio;
when the display screen meets a minimum dots per inch based on a user preference, then selecting a first set of applicable display partitions based on the properties of the display screen including the minimum dots per inch, the aspect ratio, and number of zones in a display partition based on the user preference;
filtering the first set of applicable display partitions based on the user preference resulting in a second set of applicable display partitions, wherein the second set of applicable display partitions is a subset of the first set of applicable display partitions;
determining dynamically a preferred window size of an application from the second set of applicable display partitions; and
adjusting a target zone of a window of the application displayed on the display screen based on the preferred window size.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the selecting of the first set of applicable display partitions is further based on a minimum horizontal resolution and a minimum vertical resolution of the target zone.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the adjusting of the target zone when the window of the application hovers on the target zone.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising subsequent to adjusting the target zone, resizing a neighboring zone of the target zone.