Difference between revisions of "Common Windows Operations"

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Sometimes the availability of these buttons differ based on the application and how it was created...
 
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The '''system menu''' allows the user to manipulate the application window via a menu interface instead of using the buttons...
  
 
== Manipulating the Application Window ==
 
== Manipulating the Application Window ==

Revision as of 11:00, 5 November 2009

Application Window Elements

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The majority of windows operations in Linux is identical to MS Windows.

The typical Linux application window consists of a window boundary and a window titlebar. On the window titlebar, there is a system menu on the left-hand-side and three buttons on the right-hand-side to minimize, maximize (or restore) window and close the window...

Sometimes the availability of these buttons differ based on the application and how it was created...

The system menu allows the user to manipulate the application window via a menu interface instead of using the buttons...

Manipulating the Application Window

Close Window

Maximize Window

Restore Window

Move Window

Resize Window

Close Window