Abstract: In an approach to managing a display of an application by an operating system, one or more computer processors launch a pointing mechanism by an operating system. The one or more computer processors receive an application area, where the application area is defined by movement of the pointing mechanism on a display device. The one or more computer processors receive a launch of one or more applications. The one or more computer processors display the one or more applications in the application area.

Abstract: The described technology is directed towards normalizing input received from various types of device types for providing the input to user interface (UI) elements in a unified way that reflects the invoke intent of the user. Input from different device types is classified as button input, pointer input or command input, and routed to a corresponding button provider, pointer provider or command provider. Each provider includes logic for communicating input data (e.g., events) to a UI element or elements. Based upon the input events, a UI element can execute a corresponding invoke handler to take an invoke action for that particular event.