How to minimize the app window (freeform mode/pop-up view)?

Question

I sometimes accidentally minimize the window for the app Quick Edit Pro, whilst working with it. I get the smaller variable size and position window that I can intentionally create for some apps by long press of the return button (Android 5, Samsung GN3).



But Quick Edit Pro does not appear in the list I get when long pressing the return button.



What kind of swiping movement do I sometimes perform unintentionally in the upper part of the screen, that minimizes the app to this useful window. (Going back to the full window is done by a simple button press.)



I have tried many times but can not repeat it intentionally.



I now find that it is called "freeform mode". I have not installed any special apps to enable it.


— cvr | Sources

Answer

The phone in the question uses Android 5. I was now also using another phone with Android 6. In this version I stumbled over the answer by accident. This also works in my Android 5 phone.



You swipe diagonally from one upper corner. (If you don't hit a clean diagonal swipe, you will naturally risk getting a "settings"-screen or what the app in question does for horizontal swipe.



Screenshot of Pop-up view gesture settings



Click image for larger variant



Here it is called the gesture for "pop-up view".



(If I make the diagonal swipe for this app (SE), I get a red frame. It probably indicates that minimization of this app has been disabled.)


— cvr | Sources

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