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=====Soft Hiding=====

=====Soft Hiding=====

Most activities should use soft-hiding, which means that although the Toolbox will be hidden completely from view, it will still be accessible by moving the cursor to the top edge of the screen, provoking it to slide out and exposing the controls.  This works great for casual or turn-based games, as well as any games which don't require the mouse.  In these instances, the ability to access preferences, share or invite friends to the activity, start a new game, and of course exit the activity remains available at all times.  This is also useful for presentation modes, such as slideshows, allowing the child to access the bar to perform operations such as next, back, and of course stop slideshow, thus showing the toolbar permanently again.

Most activities should use soft-hiding, which means that although the Toolbox will be hidden completely from view, it will still be accessible by moving the cursor to the top edge of the screen, provoking it to slide out and exposing the controls.  This works great for casual or turn-based games, as well as any games which don't require the mouse.  In these instances, the ability to access preferences, share or invite friends to the activity, start a new game, and of course exit the activity remains available at all times.  This is also useful for presentation modes, such as slideshows, allowing the child to access the bar to perform operations such as next, back, and of course stop slideshow, thus showing the toolbar permanently again.  When a soft-hidden toolbar slides into view, it slides in on top of the activity view beneath, eliminating the need to reflow the content; When hiding is turned off, it again embeds itself within the view, thus shifting the content downward.

When the sole purpose for hiding the Toolbox is to provide additional screen area for viewing or editing, a control within the View Toolbar should provide this option.  Activities should not automatically invoke soft-hiding for this purpose (unless the aforementioned toggle is stored as a preference in the selected state).  Though the laptops have a small viewable screen area, the choice to hide potentially frequently used controls should be left to the children.

When the sole purpose for hiding the Toolbox is to provide additional screen area for viewing or editing, a control within the View Toolbar should provide this option.  Activities should not automatically invoke soft-hiding for this purpose (unless the aforementioned toggle is stored as a preference in the selected state).  Though the laptops have a small viewable screen area, the choice to hide potentially frequently used controls should be left to the children.