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Display a secondary window when the user activates
a dialog choice or, more generally, to allow the user to further
specify information that is needed to complete a request. - [ ]
Use a secondary window to display a message. - [ ]
Use a secondary window to show properties associated
with an object or other element. - [ ]
Use a secondary window to hold a tear-off control. - [ ]
Use a secondary window when a More choice provides
access to additional controls.
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Do not show unavailable emphasis on a dialog choice
that caused the display of a secondary window just because the window
is still displayed.
Modality- [ ]
Support the following four modes of interaction
with secondary windows: - Modeless
Allows interaction with the secondary window and
all other windows, unless the secondary window was activated by
a dialog choice in a modal window. In that case, limit interaction
to windows displayed subsequent to the activation of the dialog
choice. - Primary modal
Does not allow interaction with any ancestor of
the window. - Application modal
Does not allow interaction with any window created
by the same application except for this window and its secondary
descendants, even if the application has multiple primary windows. - System modal
Does not allow interaction with any window on the
workspace. This includes windows from all other applications and
any window icon view. To indicate a system modal secondary window,
the pointer should change shape to a caution pointer whenever it
leaves the system modal secondary window.
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Do not display a secondary window as a system modal
window unless your application is a manager application that requires
that the user be restrained from performing any other desktop operation. - [ ]
Do not display a secondary window as an application
modal window unless the task in progress in your application requires
that the user be restrained from changing the state of the application
in any way. - [ ]
Do not allow a modal secondary window to be resized
or maximized.
Visuals- [ ]
If your application provides an Apply push button
with a secondary window, provide an OK push button that, when activated,
performs the default action for the secondary window and then closes
the secondary window. - [ ]
Place the controls that the user can activate and
that affect the contents or layout of the secondary window at the
bottom of the secondary window.
Displaying Secondary Windows- [ ]
Remove a secondary window when the user closes or
minimizes the primary window it depends on. - [ ]
Do not remove a secondary window just because the
primary window it depends on loses input focus, except possibly
those containing torn-off controls. - [ ]
If a secondary window is open when its associated
primary window is closed or minimized, display that secondary window
when its associated primary window is reopened or restored. - [ ]
When a secondary window is closed, close any secondary
windows dependent on it. However, do not affect the associated primary
window or any window that the secondary window is dependent on. - [ ]
If a secondary window can be stacked below its associated
primary window, place it so that it will not be completely covered
by the primary window.
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