Information handling devices with touch-based reflective display

An information handling device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a display device;
• a touchable control area;
• and
• a memory device;
• wherein, responsive to execution of computer program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors:
• provide a first configuration for one or more areas of the touchable control area, said first configuration comprising a designation of one or more areas of said touchable control area, said one or more areas providing both reflective display and accepting touch-based input, wherein said reflective display substantially only draws power when the display contents are changed;
• ascertain an power state transition event for updating said first configuration for said one or more areas of said touchable control area to a power state specific configuration;
• and
• update said first configuration for said one or more areas of said touchable control area responsive to said power state transition event.

A program product comprising:

• a storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising:
• computer readable program code that provides a first configuration for one or more areas of a touchable control area of an information handling device, said first configuration comprising a designation of one or more areas of said touchable control area, said one or more areas providing both reflective display and accepting touch-based input, wherein said reflective display substantially only draws power when the display contents are changed;
• computer readable program code configured to ascertain an power state transition event for updating said first configuration for said one or more areas of said touchable control area to a power state specific configuration;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to update said first configuration for said one or more areas of said touchable control area responsive to said power state transition event.