Screen hotspot

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A screen hotspot, in computing, provides a special area on the display screen of a computer for hyperlinking or for other GUI-based activity (such as re-direction, pop-up display, macro execution, etc.).

Hotspots may not look visually distinct; however, a mouseover operation will often reveal them by changing the shape of the pointer icon. Detecting hotspots, however, has a patent.[1] Hotspots are used extensively in Windows 8.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "US Patent # 5,844,577". Patents.com. patents.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ Rathbone, Andy. "Finding Hidden Hotspots in Windows 8". Retrieved 22 February 2013. 



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