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Tiled Windows
The Window BOSS fully supports the concept of tiled or
overlapping windows. That is to say that you can have several
windows on the screen at the same time and freely access any one
of them without having to be concerned with the order in which
they were opened or whether or not any other windows overlap the
one you wish to access. The Window BOSS employs the "most
recently used is active" concept. This concept is based on the
following:
. The last window referenced is the current active
window.
. The current active window is always the top window
tile.
For example, let us assume that you have opened three overlapping
windows in the following order; w1, w2, w3. w3 is considered to
be the top window tile because it was the last window referenced.
If you now reference, or explicitly activate, w2 The Window BOSS
will automatically adjust the screen image to insure that w2 is
now the top window tile with w3 and w1 being partially hidden by
w2.
Before After
+----------+ +----------+
| W1 | |W1 |
| +----------+ | +----------+
| | W2 | | | W2 |
| | +------------+ | | |----+
| | | W3 | | | | W3 |
| | | | | | | |
| | +------------+ | | |----+
| | | | | |
| +----------+ | +----------+
| | | |
+----------+ +----------+
It is extremely important to keep in mind that The Window BOSS
will automatically activate (bring to the top) the window being
referenced. Keep your screen layouts attractive and uncluttered.
This will minimize window thrashing which is both annoying and
time consuming.
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