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#+title:  emacs-frame

A frame contains and displays one or [[id:5f1df0e1-384f-4685-ae1e-fec2431b04e5][emacs]] [[id:216bfc04-0276-4c4b-8ec7-0b7d16bc62cc][window]].

Outside of Emacs, frames are usually called “windows”.

Outside of Emacs, Emacs windows might be called “panes”, “sub-windows”, or “MDI windows”.

When running on a graphic display, an Emacs frame is implemented as a window-manager window.

In a character-cell [[id:b6d24dd6-285f-4c03-883c-dc77b78c652a][shell]] (such as a text console or an xterm) there is an implicit Emacs frame for the terminal. You can create additional frames – each is in effect a virtual terminal.

A frame is rectangular, with four borders. On a graphic display, a frame usually has a title bar, showing the FrameTitle. By default, a frame has a MenuBar, just under the title bar. On a graphic displays, by default a frame also has a ToolBar with icon buttons.