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Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location ?
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Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location ?


  • Subject: Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location ?
  • From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 04:00:26 -0700

The info window is just that, a window, it can be placed in the background, has all the widgets, and has a think title bar. Utility windows (floating windows) always float and have a thin title bar. The font panel, PB's and IB's Info window are example of utility/floating windows (they keep changing the name)

Ack, at 9/20/01, Malte Tancred said:

Yes I've noticed. I'm also starting to get used to for example
the new font panel that always stays on top of all other windows.
This was not the case in NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP, Mac OS X Server 1.x,
and the new feature felt quite inconvenient in the beginning.

In TextEdit the font panel can be made the active window (even
though it doesn't look like it is) and closed with CMD-w. Just
tried it. Don't know if this is the expected behaviour though.

The question then is, what is the definition of a utility window
that cannot be closed with a CMD-w? And what is the definition
of a utility window that can be, eg the info panel in Finder and
the font panel in TextEdit?

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Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug

Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insane People


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