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CHAPTER 2
Container Views
How Views Work 2-31
If the main view is movable, your application should save its position before
closing it, and should reopen it in the position at which the user left it. Keep
users in control.
Position of Auxiliary Views 2
When a user opens a slip, palette, or other auxiliary view, your application
should initially position it directly over the view to which it relates. This
arrangement reinforces the relationship between the auxiliary view and its
related view, and also puts the auxiliary view near the user’s focus. In
general you should horizontally center a small auxiliary view over its related
view, and place it near the top of the related view, leaving about one-fourth
of the uncovered portion of the related view visible above the auxiliary view.
Figure 2-25 shows the best position for a small auxiliary view.
Figure 2-25 Where to position a small auxiliary view
Keep an auxiliary view within the bounds of its related main view (its parent
view). If an auxiliary view hangs outside its parent view, the Newton system
draws and refreshes the auxiliary view unpredictably. Moreover, the auxiliary
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