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==== Windows ==== Historically, Aqua had two window designs: the default Aqua windows and "brushed metal" windows. Aqua windows typically have a metal-like or gray titlebar with three buttons on the left side (for closing, minimizing and zooming or entering fullscreen mode). Visually, these buttons used to be placed on top, but later appeared 'sunken' into the window. Aqua windows have almost no frame or outside border, instead [[drop shadow]]s are used to separate and distinguish active from inactive windows. The aesthetic of the window backgrounds changed from pin-striped to white backgrounds. Brushed-metal windows had a thick frame with a metallic texture or dark-gray background and sunken buttons and inner frames. They had the additional property of being draggable at every point of the frame instead of just the titlebar and toolbar. Apple recommended brushed-metal windows for applications that mimic real-world devices (such as [[iTunes]]) or are used to interface with such devices (such as [[iSync]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/g.w.m.rauterberg//lecturenotes/APPLE-Guidelines-2005.pdf|title = Apple Human Interface Guidelines|date = December 6, 2005|access-date = December 7, 2015}}</ref> but was criticised by designers for not following its own guidelines or applying it inconsistently (it was also used in Safari or Finder).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://daringfireball.net/2004/10/brushedmetal|title = Brushed Metal and the HIG|date = October 16, 2004|access-date = December 7, 2015|website = Daring Fireball|last = Gruber|first = John|author-link = John Gruber}}</ref> Brushed-metal windows have been largely phased out since Leopard and become visually indistinctive from Aqua windows.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to titlebars, windows can also have toolbars with separate buttons. Up to Leopard, toolbars were visually separated from the titlebar and had the same background as the window frame or were pin-striped.<ref name=":1" /> Leopard introduced a unified style that extended the metal-like background of the titlebar to the toolbar, making it appear as one whole.<ref name=":0" /> Optionally, a separator could be placed between the titlebar and the toolbar to mimic the previous style. OS X Yosemite brought a compacter version of the toolbar that fused the titlebar and toolbar together, made it shorter and removed the window title (for example, in Safari 8 and later).<ref name=":2"/> Drawers are accessory [[sidebar (computing)|sidebar]] views that can slide out from any edge of a window except the top edge. They can be resized perpendicular to their window edge but follow the window's size in the other direction. Drawers were once frequently used to display controls and information that did not need to be always visible, but Apple now recommends against their use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Windows/Windows.html|title=OS X Human Interface Guidelines|quote=Drawers are rarely used in modern Mac apps. As much as possible, redesign your UI to avoid using drawers; if you're creating a new app, avoid adding a drawer to the design.}}</ref> Sheets are [[dialog boxes]] that are [[Modal window|modal]] to a specific window. When opened, they are thrust towards the user like a sheet of paper, hence the name. They are partially transparent and focus attention on the content of the sheet. The parent window's controls are disabled until the sheet is dismissed, but the user is able to continue work in other windows (including those in the same application) while the sheet is open.
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