NAME
Maximize (Choice) — Reference
Description
Maximize is an action choice that enlarges a window to its
largest possible size. If appropriate, the Maximize choice may also
be represented by a maximize button in the title bar of a window.
When to Use
- Required
Provide a Maximize choice in the window menu when
a user can change the size of a window.
Guidelines
- Required
Enlarge the window to the largest size possible
for the current view when the user chooses Maximize from the window
menu or its associated window icon.
- Required
Before maximizing a window, save its state (including
its size and position) for use when the window is restored.
- Required
Do not make the Maximize choice available when the
window is maximized.
- Recommended
If the user does not override the default maximum
size of the window, make it smaller than the size of the workspace.
Maximize Button
- Required
If you provide a Maximize choice, also provide a
maximize button that implements the Maximize choice on the title
bar when the window is not currently maximized, and the user has
not specified otherwise.
- Required
Replace the maximize button with a restore button
that implements the Restore choice when a window is maximized.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Window
(Menu) reference page.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Minimize (Choice),
Restore (Choice) and
Size (Choice) reference
pages.
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