Window Title

Provide a title for every window.

Use a short description of the contents of the window as a title.

Place the window title in the title bar of the window frame.

If a user sizes a window so that all of the title cannot be displayed in the title bar, clip the window title from the end.

Center the window title in the title bar.

Do not change the name of an object being viewed in the window as a result of the user modifying the window title.

Allow a user to directly edit a window title in the title bar by double-clicking the SELECT button on it.

If the user can directly edit the window title, provide a choice on the window menu that allows the title to be changed, for example, by including a Properties or a Rename choice.

Include the name of the application in a primary window's window title if any of the following are true:

If an application is used to view a single file or object, include the name of the file or object in the primary window's window title, following the name of the application, if necessary.

When different primary windows of the same application are used for different views or purposes, append the name of the view or purpose to the window title.

For a context-sensitive help window, append the Help choice to the title of the window for which help is being requested.

If a generated window title would be a copy of another window title, append a colon (:) and unique number to the title of each of those windows. For example, if two views are open on a file, label them Filename:1 and Filename:2.

Use special characters not otherwise used, for example, underscores, to separate the various components of the window title.

Include in the title of a secondary window (other than one holding a torn-off control) the title (or a portion of the title likely to be unique) of the window it is dependent upon.

Include in the title of a secondary window (other than one holding a torn-off control), one or more of the following: