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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

View

Reference

Description

A view is the visual presentation of information by an application in the viewing area of a window.

A view is also the visual presentation of the contents and/or properties of an object, or of an interface to access and manipulate an object.

Guidelines

Required
Display a view in the viewing area of a window.

Required
If the application makes changes to one view of user data, simultaneously display the changes in all other views of the same data.

Recommended
Choose a name for a view that describes the information displayed and that the user can understand.

Recommended
Provide expert users as much control as possible over the appearance and behavior of a view through dialogs and menus.

Required
When the user opens a minimized window, ensure that the viewing state of all the viewing areas in the window (including the view shown in each, and the cursor and scrolling position within each view) is the same as when the window was last minimized, unless the user or application has made other changes that prevent this.

Required
When the user ends a login session (or terminates the window stem) and then later restarts it, any application restarted should display the same views in the same viewing state as when the session ended, unless prevented by changes in underlying persistent data or by user directives.

Required
When the user removes all instances of a view (for example, by changing views, combining split views, or closing windows) and then later redisplays the same view in the same instance of the application, display the view with the same viewing state it had when it was removed, unless the user or application has made other changes that prevent this.

Recommended
Provide a dialog accessible through the View menu that allows an expert user to choose whether a view of data removed in one instance of an application and then redisplayed in a later instance uses the viewing state it had when it was removed or a default state.

Essential Related Topics

For more information, see the View Menu and Viewing Area (Control) reference pages.

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