Method of navigating an extended computer desktop on multiple display devices

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions, that, when executed on a processor in a computing device, perform a method of displaying and panning a virtual area of an extended computer desktop on first and second display devices, the virtual area of the extended computer desktop being divided by a boundary into at least a first section corresponding to the first display device and a second section corresponding to the second display device, the instructions comprising:

• displaying a first viewport on the first display device, wherein the first viewport displays a first portion of the virtual area of the extended computer desktop;
• displaying a second viewport on the second display device, wherein the second viewport displays a second portion of the virtual area of the extended computer desktop;
• panning the virtual area of the extended computer desktop displayed within the first viewport on the first display device, wherein panning within the first viewport is independent of panning within the second viewport displayed on the second display device, whereby the virtual area of the extended computer desktop can be panned in its entirety within the first viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section thereof;
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• panning the virtual area of extended computer desktop displayed within the second viewport on the second display device, wherein panning within the second viewport is independent of panning within the first viewport displayed on the first display device, whereby the virtual area of the extended computer desktop can be panned in its entirety within the second viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section thereof.

A system comprising:

• a computing device comprising a processor, the computing device being configured with machine-readable instructions that, when executed on the processor, perform a method of displaying visual content on first and second display devices, the instructions comprising:
• displaying a first viewport on the first display device, wherein the first viewport displays a first portion of a virtual area of an extended computer desktop;
• displaying a second viewport on the second display device, wherein the second viewport displays a second portion of the virtual area of the extended computer desktop;
• panning the virtual area of the extended computer desktop displayed within the first viewport on the first display device, wherein panning within the first viewport is independent of panning within the second viewport displayed on the second display device, whereby the virtual area of the extended computer desktop can be panned in its entirety within the first viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section thereof;
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• panning the virtual area of the extended computer desktop displayed within the second viewport on the second display device, wherein panning within the second viewport is independent of panning within the first viewport displayed on the first display device, whereby the virtual area of the extended computer desktop can be panned in its entirety within the second viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section thereof.