Controlling the Application Window Geometry and Location

You can change the size, shape and location of the SAP application window with several screen elements.

The size and shape of a window can be changed with the control buttons (A) in its upper-right corner (Figure 2.1). The functions of these buttons should be very familiar to you, for they are a common design feature in the application windows of most software.

• Click the first button to hide a window. This action reduces it to a bar in the application toolbar at the bottom of your Windows desktop (Figure 2.2A). You can redisplay the window by clicking this bar.
  
  

  Figure 2.2. Clicking the first control button reduces an application window to a bar with the screen name (A) in the application toolbar of your Windows desktop.

  
  
  
• Click the second button to maximize the window to fill your desktop, and again to reduce it to a fraction of your desktop.
  
  
• Click the third button to close a window and remove it from your screen.^[1]
  
  

  ^[1] This same button is found alone in the upper-right corners of SAP popup screens; you can use it to close the popup screens and to remove them from your desktop.

Figure 2.1. The size, shape, and location of an application window can be changed with the control buttons (A), frame grabber (B), and menu bar.

You can also change the size and shape of an application window with the frame grabber (Figure 2.1B) in its lower-right corner. Simply click-and-drag it across the desktop to resize and reshape the window.

Finally, you can change the location of a window on your desktop by clicking-and-dragging it by its menu bar.