Talk:Window (computing)

Kind request
Can someone elaborate more on what the actual window consists of? There is a section at the wiki which describes, what the window consists of, but there are no links / picture to actually what i. e. controls are or dialog boxes are. The section is: Windows usually include other graphical objects, possibly including a menu-bar, toolbars, controls, icons and often a working area. In the working area, the document, image, folder contents or other main object is displayed. Around the working area, within the bounding window, there may be other smaller window areas, sometimes called panes or panels, showing relevant information or options The list of topics I'd really like to read about right now: window control dialog-box class of the window handle of the window etc. Maybe this comment will motivate someone to create the new pages (especially with pictures describing the window parts), because I'm not literate enough to do so. I've looked on the internet and although you can find a definition of what a window control is, there are no examples, how an example window control / dialog box looks like. And I'm not a native speaker / a programmer, so it is hard for me to understand concepts like 'dialog-box'. Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.17.240.177 (talk) 15:25, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Properties

 * The visibility of the toolbars that the window may have. -- Wouldn't this be a property of the toolbar widget and not the window itself? --tonsofpcs (Talk) 08:07, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think so. In Mac OS X, the show/hide toolbars button is on the same level as the traffic light buttons, and it exists on every window, regardless of whether it supports the function. So it must be part of the window manager. --Baryonic Being 12:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

It would be nice if this page listed or linked to terminology (or competing terminologies) for the elements of a window: e.g. what do you properly call that bar across the top that gives the name of the window? Title bar? - Jmabel | Talk 21:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

I've made up a picture and will add it; let me know if anyone thinks I got this wrong or if there are other common names for these same elements. And feel free to make an illustration that shows more elements. - Jmabel | Talk 23:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * When two or more windows of the same applications are minimized then the taskbar will group them -- this is not right. I tried it but in my case the taskbar still shows them seperately. Is it possible to force the taskbar to group? Can you update your text? - cveld 8:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Not clear what OS you are using, but XP and later do this. At first, multiple windows for the same application are shown side by side on the taskbar, then once they start to run low on screen real estate they start to combine them, so that when you click on the taskbar tab you get a vertical menu listing the windows. - Jmabel | Talk 01:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Please define "viewport"
The viewport article redirects here, but this article does not define what "viewport" is. I don't think it's the same thing as a window but I can't define it (which is why I'm looking here). Can someone familiar with this stuff please define it in the appropriate place? Please? Thanks. Elf | Talk 00:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Window refers to something that corresponds to the world coordinates of the object while the viewport corresponds to coordinates of the display device. So viewport shouldn't direct here. Instead Vviewport should have a new article all for itself. Can some knowledgable person please provide us with such an article. --122.162.60.173 12:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

history: bell labs
IIRC bell labs developed a series of windowing terminals and the first proactical implementation of overlapping windows. later there was some contravery regarding the associated patents which inclueded a patent on the "backing store" technique used to to store the hidden portions of overlapping windows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.239.161 (talk) 18:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Object Oriented & Cleaned
Rehashed the article ;). I'd like to know whether someone knows something more about Smalltalk & ObjectOriented going "hand in hand" with people at PARC developing "windows". I know that team of Alan Kay developed this "visual windowing programming program" while Alan Kay was busy coining the term ObjectOriented ;). 86.61.232.26 (talk) 19:09, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Merge Window decoration
Proposal to merge Window decoration into Window (computing). 'Window decoration' previously was noted for potential lack of notability. 104.228.101.152 (talk) 02:34, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This makes sense to me. Window decoration has some good pieces of info (like specifics on each piece of a window border) that seem more appropriate here than in their own article. TripleShortOfACycle (talk) 22:12, 12 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Support - Window decoration can be covered here and would not create an WP:UNDUE issue doing so. ~Kvng (talk) 15:06, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Merge Active window
I propose Active window be merged into Window (computing) and Window manager. Added merge templates. 104.228.101.152 (talk) 16:58, 7 April 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅: 1 & 2--Editor-1 (talk) 07:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)