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830 Chapter 22: Customizing the User Interface
To r ear r ange the or der of r ollouts in the command
pan el:
• Click the rollout title bar, and drag to another
location on the command panel. A thick line
indicates where the rollout will be placed.
When you release the mouse button, the rollout
is moved to the indicated location, and the
other rollouts are shifted appropriately.
The order of rollouts is saved in the text file
rolluporder.cfg , which is located in the \ui
subdirectory.
To f loa t a toolba r, do one of the following:
• Click a docked toolbar’s tag bar (a narrow line
displayed when the toolbar is do cked) and drag
it away from its location. The toolbar is now
floating;youcanreposition,resize,ordockit.
• Right-click a docked toolbar’s tag bar (a narrow
line displayed when the toolbar is docked), and
then choose Float.
To fl oat the command panel, do one of the following:
• R ight-click the blank area at the upper-rig ht
corner of the command panel, and then choose
Float.
• Click a corner of the upper portion of the
command panel and drag it into the viewport.
Tip: Use Lock UI Layout (p age 3–832) if you
find you tend to float the command panel
accidentally.
To resize the dock ed command pa nel horizontally:
• Movethecursorovertheedgeofthedocked
command panel that is nearest the view p or ts.
The cursor changes to a double arrow. Drag the
cursor to increase or decrease the width of the
command panel.
The command panel grows or shr in ks in
column increments. Unless the command
panelishidden,thereisalwaysatleastone
column. When the command panel is docked,
the columns must fit w ithin the main 3ds Max
window.
Multiple command panels are useful when working
withobjectssuchasparticle systems, which have many
controls.
To resize the floating command panel horizontally:
• Move the cursor over the left or right edge of the
floating command panel. The cursor changes
to a double arrow. Drag the cursor to increase
or decrease the width of the command panel.
The command panel grows or shrinks in
column increments. Unless the command
panelishidden,thereisalwaysatleastone
column. When the command panel is flo ating,
you can display as many columns as you want.
To resize the floating command panel ver tically:
• Move the cursor over the top or bottom edge
of the floating command panel. The cursor
changes to a double arrow. Drag the cursor to
increase or decrease the height of the command
panelasyoudoforotherwindowsonthe
desktop.
To dock a floating UI element, do one of the
following:
• Dr ag the panel by its title bar to the top, bottom,
left, or right edge of the program window. The