Part III. 3D Style Guidelines
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# 3D Style Guidelines

Chapter 12

Introduction to 3D Style Guidelines

Chapter 13

Interactive Viewing of 3D Objects

Chapter 14

Selection in 3D Applications

Chapter 15

Manipulating 3D Objects

## Index

<Alt\> key
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  3D applications
    Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications
  for view overlay
    View Overlay

<Alt\>-<Insert\> keys
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

<Begin\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Cancel\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Ctrl\> key
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  Choosing Keyboard Accelerators
  3D applications
    Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications

<Ctrl\><Page Down\> keys
  Scrollbar Guidelines

<Ctrl\><Page Up\> keys
  Scrollbar Guidelines

<Ctrl\><Shift\><Tab\> keys
  Keyboard Navigation

<Ctrl\><Tab\> keys
  Keyboard Navigation

<down arrow\> key
  Keyboard Navigation
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus

<Enter\> key
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Esc\> key
  Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications
  for view mode
    Separate View and Edit Modes

<Escape\> key
  IRIX Interactive Desktop Scale Guidelines
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
  Scrollbar Guidelines
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Text Field Guidelines

<F10\> key
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Keyboard Navigation
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus

<F1\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Help\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Home\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<left arrow\> key
  Keyboard Navigation
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus

<Menu\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Page Down\> key
  Scrollbar Guidelines

<Page Up\> key
  Scrollbar Guidelines

<Return\> key
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<right arrow\> key
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Keyboard Navigation

<Shift\> key
  Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications
  for constrained (axial) translation
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane
  free rotation
    Free 3D Rotation

<Shift\><F10\> key
  Keyboard Navigation

<Shift\><F10\> keys
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

<Shift\><F1\> keys
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  Context-Sensitive Information

<Shift\><Tab\> keys
  Keyboard Navigation

<Tab\> key
  Keyboard Navigation

<up arrow\> key
  Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
  Keyboard Navigation

3D applications
  frame rate
    3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity
  modifier keys
    Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications
  mouse input
    Designing Mouse Input for 3D Applications
  selection
    Selection in 3D Applications
  viewing techniques
    3D Viewing Functions

3D applications
  manipulation phases
    Phases of 3D Manipulation

3D object hierarchy
  Selection in Hierarchies of Objects
  Indirect Selection in 3D Applications

3D user interface design
  Making 3D Functionality Available

3D viewing
  performance
    3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity
  trade-offs
    3D Viewing Interface Trade-Offs

4-directional arrow pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

4Dwm window manager
  default setting
    Application Windows

activation
  menus
    Menu Traversal and Activation

adaptive rendering
  3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity

AIFF sound file icon
  File Icon Design

appearance, Indigo Magic. See Indigo Magic look
  The IRIX Interactive Desktop Look: Graphic Features and Schemes

application icons
  guidelines
    Application Icon Accessibility Guidelines

application icons (Desktop icons)
  Application Icon Design

application models
  Application Models
  Standard Application Models

application-modal dialogs
  Dialog Modes

applications
  3D
    Introduction to 3D Style Guidelines
  appearance
    The IRIX Interactive Desktop Look: Graphic Features and Schemes
  data exchange
    Data Exchange on the IRIX Interactive Desktop
  data exchange guidelines
    Data Exchange Guidelines
  editing text
    Editor Preference Setting
  locations
    Naming and Locating Executables for the
    Find an Icon Tool
  naming
    Naming and Locating Executables for the
    Find an Icon Tool
  processing while minimized
    Processing While Minimized
    Desks
  session management, and
    Session Management
  windows
    Windows in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment

approach phase
  rotation
    Free 3D Rotation
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Constrained 3D Rotation
    Axial 3D Scaling (Stretching)
  scaling
    Uniform 3D Scaling
  translation
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane

approach phase (3D manipulation)
  Phases of 3D Manipulation

archive file icon
  File Icon Design

ASCII file icon
  File Icon Design

Auto Window Placement
  Window Placement
  Auto Window Placement Setting

axial scaling
  3D Scaling Basics
  phases
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Axial 3D Scaling (Stretching)

backgrounds
  and desks
    Desks

bars
  path navigation
    File Finder
  scrollbars
    Scrollbars

binding keys
  Popup Menu Guidelines

BMenu
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

bounding box
  3D Translation Basics

bounding volume
  Bounding Box Selection Feedback

browse selection model
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

BSelect
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

BTransfer
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

buttons
  Pushbuttons
  dialogs, and
    Pushbutton Guidelines
  dynamic
    Pushbutton Guidelines
  option buttons
    Option Menus
    Option Buttons
  pull-down menus, and
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  right justification
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

C program file icon
  File Icon Design

Cancel/Close button
  Pushbutton Guidelines

cards
  Popup Menu Guidelines

cascading menus
  Using Cascading Menus
  Pull Down Menus

catalog
  icon
    Overview of the Desktop

categories
  windows
    Window Types
    Application Window Categories

center of rotation
  changing
    Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects

changing center of rotation
  Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects

checkboxes
  Checkboxes
  in menus
    Using Radio Buttons and Checkboxes in Pull-Down Menus
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look
    Providing Graphic Feedback

choice feedback (3D)
  3D Manipulation Feedback

“Clear” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

“Click for Help” option (in Help menu)
  Context-Sensitive Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu

clipboard data, nonpersistent
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

clipboard transfer model
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  example
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  primary transfer model, independence
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

“Close” option (in File menu)
  File Menu
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files

“Close” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

co-primary windows
  Application Window Categories
  Window Types
  Main and Co-Primary Windows
  0
    Application Window Categories
  command line input
    Control Areas in Primary Windows
  control areas
    Control Areas in Primary Windows
  decorations
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  Help button
    Providing Help Through a Help Button
  keyboard shortcuts
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  menu (in title bar)
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  menu bars
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  panes
    Splitting Primary Windows Into Panes
  popup menus
    Popup Menus in Primary Windows
  status areas
    Status Areas in Primary Windows
  title bar labels
    Rules for Labeling the Title Bar in Windows Other Than Main
  work areas, scrollable
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows

collections
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It
  multiple
    Multiple Collections in One Application Window

color chooser
  A Specific Standard Support Window: The IRIX Interactive Desktop Color Chooser

“Color Editor” option (in Edit menu)
  A Specific Standard Support Window: The IRIX Interactive Desktop Color Chooser
  Edit Menu

color schemes
  Schemes for Colors and Fonts

colors
  Desktop icons
    Icon Colors
  text fields
    Text Fields

command line input
  windows
    Control Areas in Primary Windows

command script file icon
  File Icon Design

constrained translation
  phases
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane
  to normal of plane
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane

constrained translation
  illustration
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane

context-sensitive help
  Context-Sensitive Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  writing help content
    Writing Context-Sensitive Help

“Context-Sensitive Help” option (in Help menu)
  Providing Help through a Help Menu

control areas
  co-primary windows
    Control Areas in Primary Windows
  main windows
    Control Areas in Primary Windows

control panels
  Desktop
    Editor Preference Setting
    Providing Messages to the User
  Language
    Language Setting
  Mouse Settings
    Pointer Behavior in a Window
    Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting
  Window Settings
    Window Placement
    Session Management

controls
  Controls
  buttons
    Pushbuttons
  checkboxes
    Checkboxes
  dials
    Dials
  File Finder
    Drag and Drop for Non-Text Objects
    File Finder
  labels
    Labels
  LED buttons
    LED Indicators
  lists
    Lists
  option buttons
    Option Buttons
  radio buttons
    Radio Buttons
  scales
    IRIX Interactive Desktop Scales
  scrollbars
    Scrollbars
  text fields
    Text Fields
  thumbwheels
    Thumbwheels

“Copy” option (in Edit menu)
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  Edit Menu

copying data
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

cross hair pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

cursors
  location
    Keyboard Focus Policy and Navigation Within a Window

customize
  desktop
    Desktop Variables

cut and paste. See data exchange
  Data Exchange on the IRIX Interactive Desktop

“Cut” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

cutting data
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

data exchange
  Data Exchange on the IRIX Interactive Desktop
  <Alt\>-<Insert\> keys
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  application guidelines
    Data Exchange Guidelines
  clipboard data, nonpersistent
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  clipboard transfer
    example
      Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  clipboard transfer model
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
    primary transfer model, independence
      Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
      Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  copying data
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  cutting data
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
  data types supported
    Data Types Supported for Inter-Application Transfer
  drag and drop
    Drag and Drop
  highlighting selected data
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  nonpersistent selection model
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  pasting data
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  persistent always selection model
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  primary selection
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
    reinstating
      Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  primary selection example
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  primary transfer example
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  primary transfer model
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
    clipboard transfer model, independence
      Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model
      Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  selections
    Selection

data types
  data exchange, supported
    Data Types Supported for Inter-Application Transfer

data, selecting
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

decorations
  dialogs
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  windows
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu

“Delete” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

“Deselect All” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

deselecting data
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

Desks
  Desks

Desks Overview
  Desks
  example
    Desks
  window titles, and
    Window Title Bar

Desks Overview window
  Overview of the Desktop

desktop
  Desks Overview window
    Overview of the Desktop
  Icon Catalog
    Overview of the Desktop
  overview
    Overview of the IRIX Interactive Desktop
  windows. See windows
    Windows in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment

Desktop control panel
  Editor Preference Setting
  stderr messages
    Providing Messages to the User

Desktop icons
  Icons
  Providing Graphic Feedback
  0
    Icons
  accessibility guidelines
    Application Icon Accessibility Guidelines
  appearance
    Designing the Appearance of Icons
  appearance design guidelines
    Icon Appearance Design Guidelines
  application icons
    Application Icon Design
  behavior guidelines
    Icon Behavior Guidelines
  behavior, programming
    Defining the Behavior of Icons With FTRs
  colors
    Icon Colors
    File Icon Design
  components
    Icon Components
  creating with IconSmith
    Icon Components
  data icons
    Designing the Appearance of Icons
  design guidelines
    Icon Appearance Design Guidelines
  designing appearance
    Designing the Appearance of Icons
  examples
    Application Icon Design
  file icons
    File Icon Design
  Find an Icon tool
    Naming and Locating Executables for the
    Find an Icon Tool
  generic data file symbol
    File Icon Design
  generic executable symbol (magic carpet)
    Application Icon Design
    Icon Components
  icon accessibility guidelines
    Application Icon Accessibility Guidelines
  icon behavior guidelines
    Icon Behavior Guidelines
  Icon Catalog
    Making Application Icons Accessible
  icon color
    Icon Colors
  implementation hints
    User and Icon Interaction
  launching applications
    How Users Interact with Desktop Icons
    User and Icon Interaction
  orientation
    Icon Orientation
  outline color
    Icon Colors
  predefined templates
    Icon Components
  printing files
    User and Icon Interaction
  shadow color
    File Icon Design
  size
    Icon Size
  states
    Icon Colors
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    How Users Interact with Desktop Icons
    Application Icon Design
  templates
    Icon Components
  user interaction
    How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

Desktop services
  IRIX Interactive Desktop Services
  Auto Window Placement
    Auto Window Placement Setting
  customize
    Desktop Variables
  desktop variables
    Desktop Variables
  desktop variables guideline
    Desktop Variables Guidelines
  editor, preferred
    Editor Preference Setting
  File Alteration Monitor (FAM)
    File Alteration Monitor (FAM)
  Language control panel
    Language Setting
  mouse
    double-click speed
      Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting
  online documentation
    Online Documentation
  online help
    Online Help
    context-sensitive
      Context-Sensitive Information
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
    design guidelines
      Guidelines for Designing Online Help
    Help button
      Providing Help Through a Help Button
      Overview Information
    Help button guidelines
      Guidelines for Designing Online Help
    help card guidelines
      Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
    Help menu
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
    index
      Index of Help Topics
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
    index guidelines
      Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
    keyboard shortcuts
      Keyboard Shortcut Information
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
    keyboard shortcuts guidelines
      Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
    overview
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
      Overview Information
    product information
      Product Information
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
    task-oriented
      Providing Help through a Help Menu
      Task-Oriented Information
    types of, guidelines
      Guidelines for Designing Online Help
    writing help content
      Writing Online Help Content for SGIHelp
  schemes
    Scheme Setting
  software installation
    Software Installation
  user control
    Desktop Variables

dialogs
  Application Window Categories
  Dialogs
  Window Types
  actions
    Standard Dialog Actions
    choosing
      Choosing Specific Actions for Your Dialogs
    default
      Choosing Default Actions
    standard
      Standard Dialog Actions
  button labels
    Labeling Dialog Buttons
  buttons, and
    Pushbutton Guidelines
  decorations
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  designing
    Designing Dialogs
  desks, and
    Desks
  error
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
    Error Dialogs
  file selection
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
    Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  Help button
    Providing Help Through a Help Button
  information
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
  invoking
    Invoking Dialogs
  justification of buttons
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look
  menu (in title bar)
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  modes
    Dialog Modes
  placement
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  prompt
    Prompt Dialogs
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
  pull-down menus, and
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  question
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
    Question Dialogs
  size
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  title bar labels
    Rules for Labeling the Title Bar in Windows Other Than Main
  types
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
  user feedback
    Providing Messages to the User
  warning
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
    Warning Dialogs
  working
    Other Situations for Invoking Dialogs
    Types and Modes of Dialogs
    Working Dialogs

dialogs:See also windows
  Application Window Categories

dials
  Dials

direct selection
  Direct Selection in 3D Applications

directories
  monitoring changes
    File Alteration Monitor (FAM)

disabling menu entries
  Disabling Popup Menu Entries
  Disabling Menu Entries

discontiguous selection model
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It
  in 3D applications
    3D Selection Models

displays, updating
  Keeping Information Up to Date

documentation, online
  Online Documentation

dolly pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

dollying
  Dollying
  moving through object
    Dollying

double-click speed, mouse
  Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting

drag and drop
  Drag and Drop
  non-text objects
    Drag and Drop for Non-Text Objects
  pointers
    Pointers for Drag Operations
  text
    Drag and Drop for Text

drag icons
  Pointers for Drag Operations

drag phase
  free rotation
    Free 3D Rotation
  rotation
    Constrained 3D Rotation
  scaling
    Uniform 3D Scaling
  stretching
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Axial 3D Scaling (Stretching)
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
  translation
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

drag phase (3D manipulation)
  Phases of 3D Manipulation

drag state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

drop pocket
  File Finder

drop-accepting state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

dynamic buttons
  Pushbutton Guidelines

dynamic menu entries
  Dynamic Menu Entries

Edit menu
  Edit Menu

edit mode
  Separate View and Edit Modes

edit pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

editing and viewing (3D)
  3D Viewing Interface Trade-Offs

editor, preferred
  Editor Preference Setting

ellipsis
  in menus
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  in pull-down menus
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  in pushbuttons
    Pushbutton Guidelines

enabling menu entries
  Disabling Menu Entries
  Disabling Popup Menu Entries

error dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs
  Error Dialogs

“Exit” option (in File menu)
  File Menu
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files

“Exit” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

explicit focus
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows

eyepoint during tumbling
  Tumbling

FAM (File Alteration Monitor)
  File Alteration Monitor (FAM)

feedback styles
  choice feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback
  path feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback
  selection feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback

feedback,3D manipulation
  3D Manipulation Feedback

feedback. See user feedback
  User Feedback

File Alteration Monitor (FAM)
  File Alteration Monitor (FAM)

File Finder
  Drag and Drop for Non-Text Objects
  File Finder

file icons (Desktop icons)
  File Icon Design

File menu
  File Menu

file selection dialogs
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  Types and Modes of Dialogs

File Typing Rules (FTRs)
  Defining the Behavior of Icons With FTRs

files
  finding
    File Finder
  monitoring changes
    File Alteration Monitor (FAM)
  printing
    User and Icon Interaction

Find an Icon tool
  Naming and Locating Executables for the
  Find an Icon Tool

focus, keyboard. See keyboard focus
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation

font schemes
  Schemes for Colors and Fonts

frame rate
  3D applications
    3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity

free rotation
  Free 3D Rotation

free rotation
  illustration
    Free 3D Rotation
  phases
    Free 3D Rotation

FTRs (File Typing Rules)
  Defining the Behavior of Icons With FTRs

generic data file symbol (Desktop icons)
  File Icon Design

generic executable symbol (Desktop Icons)
  Icon Components
  Application Icon Design

grab phase
  axial translation
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane
  free rotation
    Free 3D Rotation
  rotation
    Constrained 3D Rotation
  scaling
    Uniform 3D Scaling
  stretching
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Axial 3D Scaling (Stretching)

grab phase (3D manipulation)
  Phases of 3D Manipulation

grab phase (translation)
  Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

graphic feedback
  Providing Graphic Feedback

grouping,and lead objects
  Lead Object During Grouping and Ungrouping

hardware description
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

Help button
  Providing Help Through a Help Button
  Overview Information
  writing help content
    Writing for Windows With Help Buttons

help cards
  Learning About SGIHelp

Help menu
  Help menu
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  “Click for Help” option
    Context-Sensitive Information
  examples
    Types of Online Help
  “Index” option
    Index of Help Topics
  “Keys & Shortcuts” option
    Keyboard Shortcut Information
  “Overview” option
    Overview Information
  “Product Information” option
    Product Information
  task options
    Task-Oriented Information

help. See online help
  Online Help

highlighting selected data
  Highlighting a Selection
  Providing Graphic Feedback
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

history button
  File Finder

home button
  Thumbwheels

hourglass pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

I-beam pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

Icon Catalog
  Making Application Icons Accessible
  Application page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Collaboration page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Control Panels page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Demos page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Desktop Tools page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Media Tools page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog
  Web Tools page
    Putting Icons Into the Icon Catalog

Icon Catalog window
  Overview of the Desktop

icon color, Desktop icons
  Icon Colors

icons. See Desktop icons
  Icons

images
  examples of minimized windows
    Choosing an Image for Your Minimized Window
  minimized windows
    Choosing an Image for Your Minimized Window

implicit focus
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows

“Import” option (in File menu)
  File Menu

“Index” option (in Help menu)
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  Index of Help Topics

index, help topics
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  Index of Help Topics
  writing help content
    Writing Index Information

indicators
  scales
    IRIX Interactive Desktop Scales

Indigo Magic look
  The IRIX Interactive Desktop Look: Graphic Features and Schemes
  examples
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

indirect selection
  Indirect Selection in 3D Applications

information dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs

input focus. See keyboard focus
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation

inspection
  dollying
    Dollying
  panning
    Panning
  tumbling
    Tumbling

inspection
  overview
    Inspection Overview

inspection pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

installing software
  Software Installation

internationalization
  Language Setting

Inventor file icon
  File Icon Design

justification
  dialog buttons
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

keyboard accelerators
  Choosing Keyboard Accelerators
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus

keyboard binding
  Popup Menu Guidelines

keyboard description
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

keyboard focus
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows
  dialogs
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  guidelines
    Guidelines for Keyboard Focus Across Windows

keyboard navigation
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation

keyboard shortcuts
  co-primary windows
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  help
    Keyboard Shortcut Information
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    writing help content
      Writing Keyboard Shortcut Information
  main windows
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  support windows
    General Support Window Design

keys
  special
    Choosing Mnemonics
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
    Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
    Using the Keyboard to Manipulate Menus
    Scrollbar Guidelines
    Keyboard Navigation
    Context-Sensitive Information
  substitutes to Motif-compliant keys
    Mouse and Keyboard Hardware

“Keys & Shortcuts” option (in Help menu)
  Keyboard Shortcut Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu

labels
  Labels
  buttons
    Pushbutton Guidelines
  checkboxes
    Checkbox Guidelines
  dialog buttons
    Labeling Dialog Buttons
  dials
    Dial Guidelines
  ellipsis in button
    Pushbutton Guidelines
  LED buttons
    LED Indicators
  lists
    List Guidelines
  minimized windows
    Labeling a Minimized Window
    Desks
    Providing Messages to the User
  option buttons
    Option Button Guidelines
  radio buttons
    Radio Button Guidelines
  scales
    IRIX Interactive Desktop Scale Guidelines
  text fields
    Text Field Guidelines

Language control panel
  Language Setting

launching applications
  Desktop icons
    How Users Interact with Desktop Icons
    User and Icon Interaction

lead object
  when grouping and ungrouping
    Lead Object During Grouping and Ungrouping
  when selecting multiple objects
    Lead Object When Selecting Multiple Objects

LED buttons
  LED Indicators

left mouse button
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
  data exchange
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  in 3D applications
    Designing Mouse Input for 3D Applications

lists
  Lists

locate highlight
  Providing Graphic Feedback
  Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

located state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

location cursor
  Keyboard Focus Policy and Navigation Within a Window

locations
  applications
    Naming and Locating Executables for the
    Find an Icon Tool

look, Indigo Magic. See Indigo Magic look
  The IRIX Interactive Desktop Look: Graphic Features and Schemes

look-at point during tumbling
  Tumbling

“Lower” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

magic carpet, icon component
  Icon Components
  Application Icon Design

main windows
  Window Types
  Application Window Categories
  Main and Co-Primary Windows
  0
    Application Window Categories
  command line input
    Control Areas in Primary Windows
  control areas
    Control Areas in Primary Windows
  decorations
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  example
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  Help button
    Providing Help Through a Help Button
  keyboard shortcuts
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  menu (in title bar)
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  menu bars
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  panes
    Splitting Primary Windows Into Panes
  popup menus
    Popup Menus in Primary Windows
  status areas
    Status Areas in Primary Windows
  title bar labels
    Rules for Labeling the Title Bar in Main Primary Windows
  work areas, scrollable
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows

manipulation of 3D objects
  phases
    Phases of 3D Manipulation

manipulation of 3D objects
  feedback
    3D Manipulation Feedback
  overview of techniques
    Free and Constrained 3D Manipulation

manipulators
  rotation
    3D Rotation Basics
  translation
    3D Translation Basics

manipulators
  scaling
    3D Scaling Basics

maximize button (in title bar)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

“Maximize” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

maximum window size
  Window Size

menu bars
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  Types of Menus
  co-primary windows
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  main windows
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  menus
    naming
      Naming Menus in the Menu Bar
    ordering
      Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus

menus
  Menus
  activation
    Menu Traversal and Activation
  cascading menus
    Pull Down Menus
    Using Cascading Menus
  ellipsis
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  entries
    checkboxes
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
      Using Radio Buttons and Checkboxes in Pull-Down Menus
    disabling
      Disabling Popup Menu Entries
      Disabling Menu Entries
    dynamic
      Dynamic Menu Entries
    enabling
      Disabling Popup Menu Entries
      Disabling Menu Entries
    naming
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    ordering
      Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    radio buttons
      Using Radio Buttons and Checkboxes in Pull-Down Menus
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    toggles
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look
  keyboard accelerators
    Choosing Keyboard Accelerators
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  menu bars
    Types of Menus
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  mnemonics
    Choosing Mnemonics
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  naming, in menu bars
    Naming Menus in the Menu Bar
  option menus
    Option Buttons
    Option Menus
    naming entries
      Option Button Guidelines
  ordering, in menu bars
    Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  popup
    Popup Menus in Primary Windows
    Keyboard Navigation
    Popup Menus
    contents
      What to Put in Popup Menus
  popup menus
    Popup Menus
  posted
    Posted Manner
  pull-down
    Types of Menus
    The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
    buttons, and
      What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
    contents
      What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
    dialogs, and
      What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    naming entries
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    naming, in menu bars
      Naming Menus in the Menu Bar
    ordering entries
      Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    ordering, in menu bars
      Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    support windows, and
      What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  spring-loaded
    Spring-Loaded Manner
  standard
    Standard Menus
  submenus
    Using Cascading Menus
    Pull Down Menus
  tear-off
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  traversal
    Menu Traversal and Activation
  types
    Types of Menus
  window (in title bar)
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs

messages, user
  Providing Messages to the User

middle mouse button
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
  data exchange
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  in 3D applications
    Designing Mouse Input for 3D Applications

minimize button (in title bar)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

“Minimize” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

minimized windows
  Minimized Windows
  0
    Icons
  behavior guidelines
    Minimized Window Guidelines
  images
    Choosing an Image for Your Minimized Window
  images examples
    Choosing an Image for Your Minimized Window
  images guidelines
    Minimized Window Guidelines
  labels
    Providing Messages to the User
    Labeling a Minimized Window
    Desks
  labels guidelines
    Minimized Window Guidelines
  processing while minimized
    Desks
    Processing While Minimized
  showing status
    Using the Minimized Window to Show Status
  status example
    Using the Minimized Window to Show Status

minimum window size
  Window Size

mnemonics, menus
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  Choosing Mnemonics

modeless dialogs
  Dialog Modes

modes
  dialogs
    Dialog Modes
  supports windows, and
    General Support Window Design

modifier keys
  Using Modifier Keys in 3D Applications

monitoring, files and directories
  File Alteration Monitor (FAM)

mouse
  3D applications
    Designing Mouse Input for 3D Applications
  buttons
    Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
    data exchange
      Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  description
    Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
  double-click speed
    Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting
  movement
    Pointer Behavior in a Window

mouse navigation
  Mouse Navigation

Mouse Settings control panel
  Pointer Behavior in a Window
  Mouse Double-Click Speed Setting

“Move” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

movie file icon
  File Icon Design

multi-viewport viewing
  Single-Viewport and Multi-Viewport Viewing in 3D Applications

multi-viewport viewing
  adaptive rendering
    3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity
  advantages
    Multi-Viewport Viewing

multiple collections
  Multiple Collections in One Application Window

“multiple document, no visible main” application model
  “Multiple Document, No Visible Main” Application Model
  “Multiple Document, No Visible Main” Application Model

“multiple document, visible main” application model
  “Multiple Document, Visible Main” Application Model
  “Multiple Document, Visible Main” Application Model

multiple objects
  rotation
    Rotation of Multiple Selected 3D Objects
  scaling
    Scaling of Multiple Selected 3D Objects
  translation
    Translation of Multiple Selected 3D Objects

multiple selection model
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

multiple-action pointer grab model
  Multiple-Action Pointer Grab Model
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows

multiple-action pointer grab, example
  Multiple-Action Pointer Grab Model

naming
  applications
    Naming and Locating Executables for the
    Find an Icon Tool

navigation
  sidling
    Sidling

navigation
  overview
    Navigation Overview

navigation. See keyboard navigation, mouse navigation
  Keyboard Focus and Navigation

neutral state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

“New” option (in File menu)
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  File Menu

nonpersistent selection model
  Highlighting a Selection
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

object hierarchy
  selecting up and down
    Indirect Selection in 3D Applications
    Selection in Hierarchies of Objects

object-action paradigm
  The Object-Action Paradigm in 3D Applications

online documentation
  Online Documentation

online help
  Online Help
  context-sensitive
    Context-Sensitive Information
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    writing help content
      Writing Context-Sensitive Help
  design guidelines
    Guidelines for Designing Online Help
  Help button
    Providing Help Through a Help Button
    Overview Information
    writing help content
      Writing for Windows With Help Buttons
  Help button guidelines
    Guidelines for Designing Online Help
  help card guidelines
    Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
  Help menu
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
  index
    Index of Help Topics
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    writing help content
      Writing Index Information
  index guidelines
    Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
  keyboard shortcuts
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    Keyboard Shortcut Information
    writing help content
      Writing Keyboard Shortcut Information
  keyboard shortcuts guidelines
    Guidelines for Creating SGIHelp Content
  overview
    Overview Information
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    writing help content
      Writing Overview Information
  product information
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    Product Information
  task-oriented
    Providing Help through a Help Menu
    Task-Oriented Information
    writing help content
      Writing Task Information
  types of, guidelines
    Guidelines for Designing Online Help
  writing help content
    Writing Online Help Content for SGIHelp

open state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

“Open” option (in File menu)
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  File Menu

option buttons
  Option Menus
  Option Buttons

option menus
  Option Buttons
  Option Menus
  naming entries
    Option Button Guidelines

Options menu
  Options menu

orange feedback
  3D Manipulation Feedback

orientation
  Desktop icons
    Icon Orientation

outline color, Desktop icons
  Icon Colors

overlay See view overlay
  View Overlay

overview help
  Overview Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  writing help content
    Writing Overview Information

“Overview” option (in Help menu)
  Overview Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu

packaging software for installation
  Software Installation

pages
  Popup Menu Guidelines
  icon catalog
    Overview of the Desktop

palettes
  Popup Menu Guidelines

pan pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

panes
  co-primary windows
    Splitting Primary Windows Into Panes
  main windows
    Splitting Primary Windows Into Panes

panning
  Panning

“Paste” option (in Edit menu)
  Other Situations for Invoking Dialogs
  Edit Menu
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

pasting data
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

path feedback (3D)
  3D Manipulation Feedback

path navigation bar
  File Finder

percent-done indicator
  IRIX Interactive Desktop Scales

performance
  3D Viewing Performance and Scene Fidelity

peripherals
  3D input device
    Dedicated Viewing Peripheral Devices

persistent always selection model
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  Highlighting a Selection

phases
  3D manipulation
    Phases of 3D Manipulation
  axial scaling
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Scaling Around the Opposite Corner or Side
    Axial 3D Scaling (Stretching)
  constrained rotation
    Constrained 3D Rotation
  free rotation
    Free 3D Rotation

phases
  changing center of rotation
    Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects
    Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects
  constrained translation
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane
  planar translation
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

placement
  dialog
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  windows
    Window Placement

planar translation
  phases
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

planar translation
  illustration
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

planar translation (3D)
  Simple (Planar) 3D Translation

pointer
  Pointer Behavior in a Window
  designing
    Designing New Pointer Shapes
  drag and drop
    Pointers for Drag Operations
  shapes, 3D applications
    Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions
  shapes, state and
    Pointer Behavior in a Window
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    Pointer Shapes and Colors

pointer grab
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows
  multiple-action model
    Multiple-Action Pointer Grab Model
    Keyboard Focus Across Windows
  multiple-action, example
    Multiple-Action Pointer Grab Model
  single-action model
    Keyboard Focus Across Windows
  single-action, example
    Single-Action Pointer Grab Model

popup menus
  Keyboard Navigation
  Popup Menus
  Popup Menus
  co-primary windows
    Popup Menus in Primary Windows
  contents
    What to Put in Popup Menus
  disabling entries
    Disabling Popup Menu Entries
  main windows
    Popup Menus in Primary Windows

posted menus
  Posted Manner

PostScript file icon
  File Icon Design

preferred editor
  Editor Preference Setting

primary selection
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  Selection
  reinstating
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

primary transfer model
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
  clipboard transfer model, independence
    Supporting the Primary Transfer Model
    Supporting the Clipboard Transfer Model

primary windows
  Window Types

primary windows. See main windows, co-primary windows, windows
  Application Window Categories

primary-modal dialogs
  Dialog Modes

“Print” option (in File menu)
  File Menu

printing files
  Desktop icons
    User and Icon Interaction

processing while minimized
  Processing While Minimized
  Desks

product information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  Other Situations for Invoking Dialogs
  Product Information

“Product Information” option (in Help menu)
  Product Information
  Other Situations for Invoking Dialogs
  Providing Help through a Help Menu

“Promote” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu
  Supporting the Primary Transfer Model

prompt dialogs
  Prompt Dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs

pull-down menus
  Types of Menus
  The Menu Bar and Pull-Down Menus
  buttons, and
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  contents
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  dialogs, and
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  ellipsis
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  entries
    naming
      Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    ordering
      Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  naming, in menu bars
    Naming Menus in the Menu Bar
  ordering, in menu bars
    Ordering Menus and Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
  support windows, and
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus

pushbuttons. See buttons
  Pushbuttons

question dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs
  Question Dialogs

question mark pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

radio buttons
  Radio Buttons
  in menus
    Naming Menu Entries in the Pull-Down Menus
    Using Radio Buttons and Checkboxes in Pull-Down Menus
  Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look
    Providing Graphic Feedback

“Raise” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

range selection model
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

“Redo” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

release phase
  rotation
    Constrained 3D Rotation
    Free 3D Rotation
  scaling
    Uniform 3D Scaling
  translation
    Translation Constrained to One Axis of the Plane
    Simple (Planar) 3D Translation
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane

release phase (3D manipulation)
  Phases of 3D Manipulation

“Reopen” option (in File menu)
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  File Menu

resize handles (in title bar)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

resize pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

restarting applications
  session management
    Session Management

“Restore” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

“Revert” option (in File menu)
  File Menu
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files

rgb file icon
  File Icon Design

right mouse button
  Mouse and Keyboard Hardware
  in 3D applications
    Designing Mouse Input for 3D Applications

rotation
  free
    Free 3D Rotation

rotation
  changing center
    Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects
  multiple objects
    Rotation of Multiple Selected 3D Objects
  phases
    Constrained 3D Rotation

rotation manipulator
  3D Rotation Basics

“Save As” option (in File menu)
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files
  File Menu

“Save” option (in File menu)
  File Menu
  Invoking Dialogs When Manipulating Files

scales
  IRIX Interactive Desktop Scales

scaling
  changing center
    Changing the Center of Rotation and Scaling for 3D Objects

scaling
  Scaling 3D Objects
  multiple objects
    Scaling of Multiple Selected 3D Objects

scaling manipulators
  3D Scaling Basics

schemes
  Schemes for Colors and Fonts
  Scheme Setting

screen backgrounds
  and desks
    Desks

scrollable lists
  Lists

scrollable work areas
  co-primary windows
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows
  main windows
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows

scrollbars
  Scrollbars
  Indigo Magic look
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

secondary windows. See support windows, dialogs, windows
  Application Window Categories

seeking
  Seeking

“Select All” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

Selected menu
  Selected Menu

selected state, Desktop icons
  How Users Interact with Desktop Icons

selecting data
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

selections
  direct selection (3D)
    Direct Selection in 3D Applications
  in 3D object hierarchy
    Indirect Selection in 3D Applications
    Selection in Hierarchies of Objects
  indirect selection
    Indirect Selection in 3D Applications

selection feedback (3D)
  3D Manipulation Feedback
  3D Manipulation Feedback
  3D Manipulation Feedback

selections
  Selection
  collections
    Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It
    multiple
      Multiple Collections in One Application Window
  highlighting
    Highlighting a Selection
  in 3D applications
    Selection in 3D Applications
  models
    Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It

session management
  Session Management
  guidelines
    Session Management Guidelines
  logging out
    Session Management
  logging out guidelines
    Session Management Guidelines

SGIHelp system. See online help
  Online Help

SGML
  Online Documentation

shading
  in Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

shadow color, Desktop icons
  File Icon Design

shared library file icon
  File Icon Design

sidle pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

sidling
  Sidling

“single document, multiple primaries” application model
  “Single Document, Multiple Primaries” Application Model
  “Single Document, Multiple Primaries” Application Model

“single document, one primary” application model
  “Single Document, One Primary” Application Model
  “Single Document, One Primary” Application Model

single selection model
  Selection Models—What Can Be Selected and How To Select It
  in 3D applications
    3D Selection Models

single-action pointer grab model
  Keyboard Focus Across Windows

single-action pointer grab, example
  Single-Action Pointer Grab Model

single-viewport viewing
  Single-Viewport and Multi-Viewport Viewing in 3D Applications
  advantages
    Single-Viewport Viewing

size
  Desktop icons
    Icon Size
  dialogs
    Decorations, Initial State, and Layout of Dialogs
  windows
    Window Size

“Size” option (in window menu)
  Window Decorations and the Window Menu

slider bars
  Scrollbars

sliding scalebars
  scale
    IRIX Interactive Desktop Scales

software installation
  Software Installation

Software Manager
  Software Installation
  advantages
    Software Installation
  example
    Software Installation

Software Packager
  Software Installation

spaceball
  Dedicated Viewing Peripheral Devices

spring-loaded menus
  Spring-Loaded Manner

standard menus
  Standard Menus

states
  applications and sessions management
    Session Management
  Desktop icons
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    How Users Interact with Desktop Icons
    Icon Colors
    Application Icon Design
  pointers, shapes and
    Providing Graphic Feedback
    Pointer Behavior in a Window
    Pointer Shapes and Colors

status areas
  Providing Messages to the User
  co-primary windows
    Status Areas in Primary Windows
  main windows
    Status Areas in Primary Windows

stderr
  Providing Messages to the User

stdout
  Providing Messages to the User

stretching See axial scaling
  3D Scaling Basics

submenus
  Using Cascading Menus
  Pull Down Menus

support windows
  Window Types
  Application Window Categories
  Support Windows
  0
    Application Window Categories
  color chooser
    A Specific Standard Support Window: The IRIX Interactive Desktop Color Chooser
  decorations
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  design
    General Support Window Design
  desks, and
    Desks
  Help button
    Providing Help Through a Help Button
  keyboard shortcuts
    General Support Window Design
  menu (in title bar)
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  parent windows
    General Support Window Design
  pull-down menus, and
    What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus
  title bar labels
    Rules for Labeling the Title Bar in Windows Other Than Main
  Tools menu, and
    General Support Window Design

system-modal dialogs
  Dialog Modes

task-oriented help
  Task-Oriented Information
  Providing Help through a Help Menu
  writing help content
    Writing Task Information

tear-off menus
  What to Put in the Pull-Down Menus

text fields
  Text Fields
  enhanced
    Text Fields

thumbwheels
  Thumbwheels

tilt pointer
  Pointer Shapes for 3D Functions

title bar labels
  Desks
  Window Title Bar

tool palettes
  Control Areas in Primary Windows
  Pushbutton Guidelines

Tools menu
  Tools menu
  support windows, and
    General Support Window Design

trackball path
  rotation
    Free 3D Rotation

trade-offs in 3D viewing
  3D Viewing Interface Trade-Offs

translation
  constrained to normal of plane
    Translation Constrained to the Normal of the Selected Plane
  multiple objects
    Translation of Multiple Selected 3D Objects

translation manipulator
  3D Translation Basics

traversal
  menus
    Menu Traversal and Activation

tumbling
  Tumbling

“Undo” option (in Edit menu)
  Edit Menu

ungrouping,and lead objects
  Lead Object During Grouping and Ungrouping

uniform scaling
  3D Scaling Basics

updating displays
  Keeping Information Up to Date

upper-left arrow pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

upper-right arrow pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

user feedback
  User Feedback
  graphic
    Providing Graphic Feedback
  messages
    Providing Messages to the User
  updating displays
    Keeping Information Up to Date

user messages
  Providing Messages to the User

variables
  desktop
    Desktop Variables

View menu
  View Menu

view mode
  Separate View and Edit Modes

view overlay
  View Overlay

viewing
  See Also inspection, navigation
    3D Viewing Functions

viewing
  3D definition
    3D Viewing Functions
  overview of techniques
    3D Viewing Functions
    3D Viewing Functions
  trade-offs in 3D
    3D Viewing Interface Trade-Offs

viewing and editing (3D)
  3D Viewing Interface Trade-Offs

viewing controls
  sliders
    Viewing Controls

viewing controls
  thumbwheels
    Viewing Controls

viewing peripherals
  3D input device
    Dedicated Viewing Peripheral Devices

views
  Popup Menu Guidelines
  desktop
    Overview of the Desktop

warning dialogs
  Warning Dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs

watch pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

widgets
  outlines in Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look
  shading in Indigo Magic look
    Enhanced Graphics in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Look

Window Settings control panel
  Session Management
  Window Placement

windows
  Windows in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment
  Application Windows
  categories
    Application Window Categories
    Window Types
  characteristics guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  co-primary windows
    Window Types
  decorations
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  decorations guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  default setting
    Application Windows
  Desks Overview
    Overview of the Desktop
  desktop
    Overview of the Desktop
  dialogs
    Window Types
  Icon Catalog
    Overview of the Desktop
  Indigo Magic environment
    Windows in the IRIX Interactive Desktop Environment
  keyboard focus
    Keyboard Focus Across Windows
  main windows
    Main and Co-Primary Windows
    Window Types
  menu (in title bar)
    Window Decorations and the Window Menu
  menu bars
    Menu Bars in Primary Windows
  menus guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  minimized
    Minimized Windows
  minimized, guidelines
    Minimized Window Guidelines
  “multiple document, no visible main” application model
    “Multiple Document, No Visible Main” Application Model
  “multiple document, visible main” application model
    “Multiple Document, Visible Main” Application Model
  no title bar
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  placement
    Window Placement
  placement guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  primary windows
    Window Types
  resize
    Window Size
  scrollable work areas
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows
  “single document, multiple primaries” application model
    “Single Document, Multiple Primaries” Application Model
  “single document, one primary” application model
    “Single Document, One Primary” Application Model
  size
    Window Size
  size guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  support windows
    Window Types
  title bar label guidelines
    Application Window Characteristic Guidelines
  title bar labels
    Window Title Bar
    Desks

work areas, scrollable
  co-primary windows
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows
  main windows
    Scrollable Work Areas in Primary Windows

working dialogs
  Working Dialogs
  Other Situations for Invoking Dialogs
  Types and Modes of Dialogs

X pointer
  Standard Pointer Shapes and Colors

yellow feedback
  3D Manipulation Feedback

zooming
  Dollying

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