# Minimize Zone

Popup windows in most Web applications can't be treated like regular windows. They may or may not allow resizing, and certainly not minimizing or maximizing.RadWindow-based popup windows can be minimized as long as the **Behaviors** property includes "Minimize". By default, when the user clicks on the minimize icon on the window's title bar, the window is minimized in its current location:

![](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/8e93ef2b17ef1094c58454bb408cb161/window-nominimizezone.png)

You can change this default behavior by providing your windows with an area that acts like a task bar. This area is called a minimize zone. The minimize zone can be any HTML element such as a div or Panel control. You can tailor the element to look like a task bar, to run vertically along the left side, or any other configuration you like.

To use use a minimize zone:

1. Add a control to your form that hold the minimized windows.

2. In the **RadWindowManager** or **RadWindow** control, set the **MinimizeZoneId** property to the ID for	the control you added in step 1.

   ![](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/73da262f5266a4f44c02e48658cbd25d/window-minimizezone.png)

   > tip If you have several windows that all minimize to the same minimize zone, set the **MinimizeZoneID** property of the **RadWindowManager** rather than setting the property for each individual **RadWindow** .

3. When you run the application, click on the Minimize button on your	windows. They move to the minimize zone:

   ![](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/31b75ef554e2ccc558cf4741136ce76e/window-minimizezones.png)

> tip To restore a minimized window, simply double-click on it. It returns to the size and position it held before it was minimized.