Patent ID: 8607157
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A workspace management method for managing a first window and a second window displayed in response to start-up of an application as a workspace for user interface, the method comprising: managing management information regarding the first window and the second window; detecting a change in a state of the first window; displaying, in response to detecting the change in state, a first docking position on the first window at which the first window is to be connected to the second window, the first docking position displayed on a specific side of the first window visually distinguishable from sides of the first window other than the specific side of the first window; determining, in response to displaying the first docking position, the second window is a neighboring window positioned in the neighborhood of the first window or overlapping the first window by referring to the management information; displaying, in response to determining the second window as the neighboring window, a modified first docking position on the first window at which the first window is to be connected to the second window visually distinguishable from the first docking position and a second docking position on the second window at which the second window is to be connected to the first window; and docking the first window with the second window at the modified first docking position and the second docking position, in response to displaying the modified first docking position and second docking position.