Open a Floating Window
You can open a oating window in any of the following ways (depending on your device
model):
• Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to enter the Recent tasks screen, and touch the
icon in the top right corner of an app preview to open the app as a oating window.
• Swipe inward from the left or right edge of your phone and hold to bring up the Multi-
Window dock. Then touch any app in the dock to open it as a oating window.
Before you get started, go to Settings > Accessibility features > Multi-Window, and make
sure that Multi-Window dock is enabled.
Common Operations in Floating Window Mode
Once a oating window is opened, feel free to:
Relocate the oating window
Drag the bar at the top of the oating window to move the window to a dierent location.
Resize the oating window
Drag the bottom edge, two sides, or bottom corners of the oating window to resize it.
If you reduce the oating window to the smallest possible size, and then release the
window, it will automatically shrink into a small oating window that remains xed to
the upper right corner of the screen.
Minimize the oating window
You can use either of the following methods:
• Touch at the top of the oating window.
• Touch and hold down on the bar at the top of the
oating window, and quickly drag it to
the left or right.
• Touch and hold down on the bar at the top of the oating window, and drag it to the left
or right screen edge.
Return to full-screen display
You can use either of the following methods:
• Touch at the top of the oating window.
• Touch and hold down on the bar at the top of the oating window, and quickly drag it
upwards.
• Touch and hold down on the bar at the top of the oating window, and drag it up to the
status bar.
Close the oating window
You can use either of the following methods:
• Touch
at the top of the oating window.
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