About Title Bars

The title bar in a standard frame window performs the following four functions:

• Displays the title of the window across the top of the frame window

• Changes its highlighted appearance to show whether the frame window is active (Ordinarily, the topmost window on the screen is the active window.)

• Responds to the actions of the user-for example, dragging the frame window to a new location on the screen.

• Flashes (as a result of the WinFlashWindow function) to get the attention of the user.

Once the frame controls are in place in the frame window, an application typically ignores them, because the system handles frame controls. In some cases, however, an application can take control of the title bar by sending messages to the title-bar control window.