Minimize (Choice)

Provide the Minimize choice in the window menu of a primary window.

Do not provide the Minimize choice for secondary windows.

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.

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.

Do not make the Minimize choice available when the window is minimized.

Even if a window has been minimized, design the application to continue to perform any application tasks initiated through that window.

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.