Editing Window (computing) (section)

==Properties==
Windows are two dimensional objects arranged on a plane called the [[desktop metaphor]]. In a modern full-featured windowing system they can be resized, moved, hidden, restored or closed.

Windows usually include other graphical objects, possibly including a menu-bar, toolbars, controls, icons and often a working area. In the working area, the document, image, folder contents or other main object is displayed. Around the working area, within the bounding window, there may be other smaller window areas, sometimes called panes or panels, showing relevant information or options. The working area of a [[single document interface]] holds only one main object. "Child windows" in [[multiple document interface]]s, and [[Tab (interface)|tabs]] for example in many web browsers, can make several similar documents or main objects available within a single main application window. Some windows in [[macOS]] have a feature called a drawer, which is a pane that slides out the side of the window and to show extra options.

Applications that can run either under a [[graphical user interface]] or in a [[text user interface]] may use different terminology. [[GNU Emacs]] uses the term "window" to refer to an area within its display while a traditional window, such as controlled by an [[X11]] window manager, is called a "frame".

Any window can be split into the window decoration and the window's content, although some systems purposely eschew window decoration as a form of [[Minimalism (computing)|minimalism]].