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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

Stacking Order

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Description

Stacking order is the relative order of windows displayed on the screen in terms of depth.

Figure 65. Manual and Automatic Stacking Order.




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When to Use

Required
Provide automatic stacking order to allow the user to have windows moved to the top of the stacking order when they become active.

Recommended
Provide manual stacking order to allow the user to have windows remain in the current stacking order when they become active.

Guidelines

Required
Make automatic stacking order the default stacking order.

Required
Allow the user to choose which stacking order to use.

Required
When multiple windows are stacked on the screen and a window in the automatic stacking order gains focus, raise the window and all of its associated windows to the top of the window stack.

Required
When using automatic stacking order, place a window on top of all other windows and make it the active window when the user does the following:

  1. Selects an object in the window

  2. Selects the title bar or window border of that window

  3. Uses keyboard navigation to warp the pointer to the window

  4. Invokes a new window

    5. Required
    When using manual stacking order, place a window on top of all other windows and make it the active window when the user does the following:

    1. Selects the title bar or window border of that window

    2. Explicitly raises the window by an internal keyboard or mouse button binding

    3. Invokes a new window

      4. Essential Related Topics

      For more information, see the Input Focus, Window Frame, and Window Navigation reference pages

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