Window Components
    Window Frames
    Title Bars
    Title Bar Icons
    Title Text
    Title Bar Buttons

Window Operations

Secondary Windows

Controls

Menus

Toolbars & Statusbars

Property Sheets

Dialog Boxes

Message Boxes

Pallette Windows

Popup Windows


Title Bar Buttons

Buttons associated with the common commands of the primary window should be placed in the right hand side of the title bar.


One or more of the following buttons appear in a primary window:


Restore: Restores the window.
Maximise: Maximizes the window.
Minimise: Minimizes the window.
Close: Closes the window.


When displaying these buttons, use the following guidelines:

When a command is not supported by a window, do not display its corresponding button.

The Close button always appears as the rightmost button. Leave a gap between it and any other buttons.

The Minimize button always precedes the Maximize button.

The Restore button always replaces the Maximize button or the Minimize button when that command is carried.

Clicking a title bar button with the left mouse button (1) invokes the command associated with the command button.

Clicking a title bar command button with right mouse button (2) to display the pop-up menu for the window.

The system does not support the inclusion of the context-sensitive Help button available for secondary windows. Applications wishing to provide this functionality can do so by including a Help toolbar button.




Rules for Multiple Window Applications:

Avoid including Maximize, Minimize, and Restore buttons in the title bars of secondary windows because those commands do not apply to those windows.



The Windows Interface Guidline for Software Design (p.101, P.108)