Window resize on remote desktops
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLisa Seacat DeLuca, Steven M. Miller
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles for fitting a graphical user interface screen within a remote desktop screen. A predefined event may resize one of a graphical user interface screen within a remote desktop screen or the remote desktop screen itself such that the graphical user interface screen is fully visible within the remote desktop screen.
Claims20
A method for displaying a graphical user interface within a remote desktop screen, comprising:
- generating the graphical user interface having a first size within the remote desktop screen having a second size, wherein a portion of the graphical user interface is not visible within the remote desktop screen;
- receiving an input from a remote desktop device configured to re-render one of the graphical user interface and the remote desktop screen;
- and
- in response to receiving the input, resizing one of the graphical user interface and the remote desktop screen such that the entire graphical user interface is visible within the remote desktop screen.
A computer readable storage medium comprising a program product which, when executed is configured to perform an operation for displaying a graphical user interface within a remote desktop screen, comprising:
- generating the graphical user interface having a first size within the remote desktop screen having a second size, wherein a portion of the graphical user interface is not visible within the remote desktop screen;
- receiving an input from a remote desktop device configured to re-render one of the graphical user interface and the remote desktop screen;
- and
- in response to receiving the input, resizing one of the graphical user interface and the remote desktop screen such that the entire graphical user interface is visible within the remote desktop screen.
A system, comprising:
- a remote client device comprising a remote desktop application configured to generate a graphical user interface having a first size within a remote desktop screen having a second size, wherein a portion of the graphical user interface is not visible within the remote desktop screen;
- and
- a host computing device configured to:
- receive an input from the remote computing device;
- and
- in response to receiving the input, resize one of the graphical user interface and the remote desktop screen such that the entire graphical user interface is visible within the remote desktop screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.