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The menu bar, edit line, spreadsheet area and message
line are all contained within a window frame. Window
frames do more than enclose the NExS display area. They
contain icons that let you manipulate the size and
position of windows on the screen.
You can have several windows open at once, move from
window to window, change the size and position of windows
on screen, and shuffle the order in which windows overlap
one another. If several windows are open at once, all of
them are active, but keyboard and mouse actions can
address only one current window. In X Windows
terminology, that window has the ``input focus.''
The window frame and functions are not controlled by NExS
but rather by your system's window manager program. The
exact method for manipulating windows depends on the
window manager program you are using. These instructions
assume that you are using the OSF/Motif Window Manager
from the Open Software Foundation, Inc.
OSF/Motif Window Manager windows usually contain the
following functional elements:
-
a window menu icon, located in the top left corner of
the window frame
- a minimize icon, located in the top right corner of
the window frame, that reduces a normal-sized window
to an icon
-
a maximize icon, located in the top right corner of
the window frame, that enlarges a normal-sized window
to fill the computer screen or reduces a full-screen
window to normal size
- a resize border, located at the borders, that permits
you to change the dimensions of the window
The Window Manager provides several options for
manipulating windows with the keyboard, mouse and
built-in shortcuts.
To make a window current:
- Move the mouse pointer into the window, or
- Move the mouse pointer into the window and click the
left mouse button.
To enlarge the spreadsheet to fill the entire display:
- Move the mouse pointer to the larger box icon at the
upper far right of the window frame.
- Click the left mouse button.
OR
- Click the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
-
Select Maximize from the window menu.
To return a maximized spreadsheet to normal size:
- Move the mouse pointer to the maximize button at the
upper right corner of the window frame.
- Click the left mouse button.
OR
- Click the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
- Select Restore from the window menu.
To change the dimensions of the window:
- Position the mouse pointer in the window border. The
pointer will change shape.
-
Press and hold the left mouse button. Drag the mouse
until the fine cross-lines indicate the desired
dimension.
-
Release the mouse button.
OR
- Click on the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
- Select Size from the window menu.
- Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse until
the cross-lines indicate the desired dimension.
- Release the mouse button.
To reduce the window to an icon:
- Move the mouse pointer to the smaller box icon at the
upper right of the window frame.
-
Click the left mouse button.
OR
- Click the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
- Select Minimize from the window menu.
To restore a spreadsheet that has been turned into an
icon:
- Move the mouse pointer to the icon.
- Click the left mouse button.
- Select Restore.
OR
-
Move the mouse pointer to the icon.
- Double click the left mouse button.
NExS spreadsheets and graphs which are accepting real-time data
feeds automatically update even when iconified.
To move the window:
- Move the mouse pointer to the title bar.
- Press the mouse button. While holding the mouse
button down, move the mouse to reposition the window.
- Release the mouse button.
OR
-
Click the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
- Select Move from the window menu.
-
Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse until
the cross-lines indicate the desired position.
- Release the mouse button.
To move the current window behind another window:
- Click the window menu icon at the top left of the
window frame.
- Select Lower from the window menu.
To close the window and remove it from the workspace:
- Display the File menu from the menu bar.
- Select Quit from the File menu.
Keyboard shortcuts can be used to perform these functions. The
keystrokes are marked beside the selection on the menus.
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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999