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Primary Window — Reference
Description
A primary window is a window in which the main interaction
between the user and an object or application takes place.
When to Use
- Required
Use a primary window as the main window of an application.
- Required
Use a primary window to display a view of an object.
Guidelines
- Required
When a primary window is closed or minimized, remove
its secondary windows.
- Required
When a primary window is closed, close that window
and all of its unshared secondary windows.
- Required
When a primary window that has associated secondary
windows is opened or restored, restore the secondary windows that
apply to the current conditions.
- Required
When a primary window is closed, remove its window
icon.
- Required
When the last primary window of an application is
closed, close the application.
- Required
When a primary window that is critically needed
to work with an application is closed, close the application, even
if there are other displayed primary windows of that application.
- Recommended
When a primary window is opened or restored, place
the windows in the window family in the same position that they
were in before the window family was closed or minimized.
- Recommended
Provide a sizing border, a title, minimize and maximize
buttons, a menu bar, and a window menu in a primary window, unless
these have been disabled by the user through an environmental specification,
or if the primary window is a component of the workspace.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Window
Icon, Window Icon Box, and
Secondary Window reference
pages.
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