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This section describes how to open, close, and manipulate
windows in a workspace. Window Frame Controls | |
A window's frame provides controls with which you can: Focus attention
on a window, making it active for input from your mouse or keyboard.
When you select a window and it becomes active, its frame changes
color. Minimize a window into an icon. Close a window, removing it from the desktop. Display a window in other workspaces.
Refer to Chapter 7 “Customizing
the Desktop Environment”
for information about settings that make windows active. Click the Window menu button to display the Window menu. To close a window and remove it from the desktop, double-click
the Window menu button or display the Window menu and click on Close. Click the minimize button to turn the window into a window
icon. To restore a window from its icon, double-click the icon. Click the maximize button to display the window in its largest
allowable size. Return the window to its former size by clicking
the maximize button again. The title bar shows the name of the application that owns
the window. Select a window by clicking its title bar. You can move
a window by dragging its title bar. Drag a window's resize corner or border to resize the window. For information on keyboard navigation and windows, see “Opening
and Closing Windows” in Appendix A “Keyboard
Shortcuts for the Desktop” To Open
an Application Window | |
Click the application's control in the Front Panel.
Or: From within Application
Manager, double-click the application's icon. From within File Manager, choose an action for a
selected icon from the Selected menu.
You can also select an icon in a File Manager or Application
Manager window by clicking it and then choose an action for the
selected icon from the Selected menu. From the Front Panel: Press Alt+Tab to move the keyboard focus to the Front Panel. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight within
the Front Panel and select a control. Press Spacebar or Return to choose the control and
open the application's window.
From Application Manager: Open the Application Manager window by choosing its Front
Panel control as described above. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight to an
application group icon within the Application Manager window. Press Return twice to open the application group. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight to an
application or action icon, then press Return twice to start the
application.
To Turn
a Window into an Icon | |
To save screen space, you can minimize windows into window
icons. This keeps the windows easily available and programs running
in them continue to run. Click the window's minimize button.
Press Alt+Spacebar to display the Window menu. Choose Minimize: Press Down Arrow
until you select Minimize, then press Return. Or, press N, the menu's mnemonic
for Minimize.
To Restore a Window from an Icon | |
With keyboard focus on the icon, press Alt+Spacebar to display
the Window menu. Press Down Arrow to select Restore, then press Return.
To Move
a Window or Window Icon | |
Point to the window's title bar or icon. Drag the window or icon to its new location.
Press Alt+Spacebar to display the Window menu. Press M, the menu's mnemonic for Move. Press the arrow keys to relocate the window or icon. Hold down Control while you press an arrow key to speed up
the movement of the window or icon. When you've moved the window or icon to where you
want it, press Return.
To cancel the move operation, press Esc. To Resize
a Window | |
Place the pointer on a window's border or corner. The pointer changes to a resize arrow. Drag the border or corner. An outline appears to
show you the window's new size. Release the mouse button when the outline shows
the window's desired size.
Press Alt+Spacebar to display the Window menu. Press S, the menu's mnemonic for Size. Press the arrow keys to stretch or shrink the window. Hold down Control while you press an arrow key to size the
window faster. When the outline shows the size you want, press
Return.
To cancel the resize operation, press Esc. To Bring
a Window or Icon Forward | |
To bring a window
or icon to the foreground of the workspace, click a visible part
of the window's frame or anywhere on the icon. To bring a concealed window or icon to the foreground,
choose Shuffle Up from the Workspace menu.
To bring the bottom
window or icon in a workspace forward, press Alt+Up Arrow. To place the top window in the background, press
Alt+Down Arrow. To cycle through and select the windows and icons
in a workspace, press Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc. To cycle through and select the windows and icons
in reverse order, press Shift+Alt+Tab or Shift+Alt+Esc.
To Copy
and Paste Text into Windows | |
Copying and pasting eliminates the need to retype text. You can copy from and paste text into: Terminal emulator windows
You can also copy text from a Mailer message view and a Help
Viewer window and paste it into Text Editor, terminal emulator,
and Mailer Compose windows. Selecting the Text To Be CopiedMove the pointer to the start of the text to be pasted. Drag to the end of the text to be pasted, then release
the mouse button, leaving the text highlighted.
Place the text insertion cursor in the target location. Click mouse button 2 to paste the text. To deselect text, click in an empty area of the window that
has the text selected, or press Esc.
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