Avoiding bad input during user interface layout changes using snapshots

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to render one or more user interfaces, wherein rendering the user interfaces comprises performing a method that comprises:
• receiving a request that updates a first layout of a user interface of an application that is presently being rendered to a second layout, wherein a first user-interface element is at a screen-location in the first layout, and the first user-interface element is replaced by a second user-interface element at said screen-location in the second layout, said screen-location being in a first partition from a plurality of partitions of the user interface;
• in response to determining that the first partition is not associated with a script that updates continuously, and receiving a user input at the screen-location in the first partition:
• based on a determination that the user input is received after completion of the first predetermined duration, accepting, by the application, the user input for the second user-interface element of the second layout of the user interface, the first predetermined duration corresponding to an unstable layout duration during which the user interface is being updated;
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• based on a determination that the user input is received prior to completion of the first predetermined duration:
• based on a determination that the user input is received prior to completion of a second duration since receiving the request to update the layout, wherein the second duration represents a historical reaction time of a user interacting with said application, and wherein the second duration is determined by the application using a machine learning algorithm, accepting, by the application, the user input for the first user-interface element of the first layout of the user interface;
• and
• based on the determination that user input is received after the second duration, generating and displaying, by the application, a notification that includes an identifier for the first user-interface element for a user to confirm that the user input is for the first user-interface element, wherein, in response to the user confirming, accepting the user input for the first user-interface element of the first layout of the user interface, otherwise, rejecting the user input.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by one or more processing devices to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a request that updates a first layout of a user interface of an application that is presently being rendered to a second layout, wherein a first user-interface element is at a screen-location in the first layout, and the first user-interface element is replaced by a second user-interface element at said screen-location in the second layout, said screen-location being in a first partition from a plurality of partitions of the user interface;
• in response to determining that the first partition is not associated with a script that updates continuously, and receiving a user input at the screen-location in the first partition:
• based on a determination that the user input is received after completion of the first predetermined duration, accepting, by the application, the user input for the second user-interface element of the second layout of the user interface, the first predetermined duration corresponding to an unstable layout duration during which the user interface is being updated;
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• based on a determination that the user input is received prior to completion of the first predetermined duration and that the first user-interface element is presently in field of view of the user:
• based on a determination that the user input is received prior to completion of a second duration since receiving the request to update the layout, wherein the second duration represents a historical reaction time of a user interacting with said application, and wherein the second duration is determined by the application using a machine learning algorithm, accepting, by the application, the user input for the first user-interface element of the first layout of the user interface;
• and
• based on the determination that user input is received after the second duration, generating and displaying, by the application, a notification that includes an identifier for the first user-interface element for a user to confirm that the user input is for the first user-interface element, wherein, in response to the user confirming, accepting the user input for the first user-interface element of the first layout of the user interface, otherwise, rejecting the user input.