microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Allow Apps GUI to move from one machine to the other via mouse-without-borders

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Needs-Triage Product-Mouse Without Borders
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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

It would be nice if I could drag the app/gui from one machine to the other like my mouse moves and have the other machine running the code but see it on my main screens.

### Scenario when this would be used?

I use a couple of machines, one of those machines I put long running, or memory intensive items on to keep my main machine responsive. That machine sits on a shelf behind me, having to keep turning around to see it or interact with it is a pain. I could RDP, but that defeats the purpose. I do know if will degrade performance a little, but I believe that would be a negligible impact and well worth the compromise. It could also allow me to multi-task and take advantage of the power, memory, workload of a few machines while seeing and interacting with the running programs from one location.

### Supporting information

I don't have any evidence to this being easily done, possible, or how beneficial it could be, but base on the work I do, I believe it would be a nice feature.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by clarifying the scope and feasibility of moving an application's GUI between machines through Mouse Without Borders, then define acceptance criteria for displaying and interacting with the remote application from the main machine.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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