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Client Area — Reference
Description
The client area is the application content area within a window.
When to Use
- Required
Include a client area when designing primary and
secondary windows, dialog boxes, and pop-up menus.
Guidelines
- Required
Place the client area directly beneath the window
menu. For information on designing applications for vertical languages,
see Chapter 11.
- Required
Include scroll bars when the client area is too
large to be completely displayed in the window.
- Recommended
Include a command area, message area, window menu,
and scroll bars when building client areas.
- Recommended
Provide split bars in a client area that is too
large to be completely displayed in the window.
- Recommended
Scale the client area's contents with the window
size borders.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see Chapter 10
and the Primary Window,
Secondary Window,
View, and Viewing Area (Control)
reference pages.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Palette Area (Area),
Paned Box (Control),
Window Frame, and
Window Menu reference
pages.
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