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Minimize (Choice) — Reference
Description
Minimize is an action choice that removes a window and all
of the secondary windows associated with that window from the workspace
and displays the window icon that represents that window. If appropriate,
the Minimize choice may also be represented by a minimize button
in the title bar of a window.
When to Use
- Required
Provide the Minimize choice in the window menu of
a primary window.
- Required
Do not provide the Minimize choice for secondary
windows.
Guidelines
- Required
Remove the window from the display and display its
window icon, if not already displayed, when the user chooses Minimize
from the window menu or the associated window icon.
- Required
Before minimizing a window, save its state, including
its size and position, along with the state of each of its secondary
windows to be used when the window is restored.
- Required
Do not make the Minimize choice available when the
window is minimized.
- Required
Even if a window has been minimized, design the
application to continue to perform any application tasks initiated
through that window.
- Recommended
When a window contains a view of an object, maintain
in-use emphasis on all icons that represent the object even when
the window is minimized.
- Recommended
When a user minimizes a window that has been minimized
previously, and its window icon is not displayed, display the window
icon where it was last displayed before being restored.
Minimize Button
- Required
If you provide a Minimize choice and the user has
not specified otherwise, also provide a minimize button that implements
the Minimize choice on the title bar.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Window
Icon, Window Icon Box, and
Window Menu reference
pages.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Emphasis
(Cue), Maximize (Choice),
Restore (Choice),
and Size (Choice) reference
pages.
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