User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Viewing the Smart Toolbox
Select any tool in the Smart Toolbox and its palette, as well as related tools, automatically opens and
snaps to the right of the Toolbox. The tool palette remains in that position until another tool is
selected.
To display the Toolbox:
If the Toolbox is hidden or closed, choose Window | Toolbox | Show Toolbox to
display it.
To dock the Toolbox:
Disable the Smart Toolbox option and then click the docking button or drag the
Toolbox by its title bar to the Docking bar.
By default, the Smart Toolbox is active when you launch Canvas for the
first time. You cannot dock the individual tool palettes when this option is
enabled.
To disable the Smart Toolbox option:
1. Choose File | Configuration Center.
2. Open the General settings and select Functionality options.
3. Deselect the Smart Toolbox check box.
When the Smart Toolbox is disabled, you can dock the individual tool
palettes.
If the Smart Toolbox is disabled, you click an icon to open a tool palette and then
click again on the icon for the tool you want to select.
To temporarily retain a drawing tool, Shift-click the tool in the Toolbox.
This function applies not only to basic vector tools but also to complex
drawing tools, and path tools.
If you’ll often use a specific tool, or related tools found on the same palette, you
can also lock the palette so it stays “snapped” to the Toolbox.
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