The Properties of Windows

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Moving, resizing and scrolling

To MOVE a window, hold down SELECT on the title bar and drag. Icons can also be moved in the same way.

To RESIZE a window, hold down SELECT on a corner bracket and drag.

There are several ways to SCROLL through a window:

Moving to front or back

To move a window or icon to the front of overlapping window, click SELECT on the title bar of the window you wish to be in front.

To move a window or icon to the back of overlapping windows, either

Menus

Popup menus

Depending on where the cursor is in a window, pressing the MENU (right) button will get you different menus that let you do things with the window. Holding down the MENU buttton will cause the menu to pop up, and disappear when the button is released. Clicking with the MENU button will cause the menu to stay on the screen until a selection is made.

Opening, closing and quitting windows

Closing a window means that the window disappears and is replaced by an icon. Quitting means that the process running in the window is terminated, and the window disappears.