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To group dockable windows
1 Click and drag the title bar of the window to be added to another window or group.
2 Drop the window on the title bar of the receiving window or group. A tab with the name of the dragged
window is added to the bottom of the receiving window.
To ungroup dockable windows
1 Within the group, click the tab for the window you want to remove.
2 Click and drag the window tab out of the group.
3 Drop the window to ungroup it.
To auto hide dockable windows
➤ On a window title bar, click .
The window continues to be displayed until you move the mouse pointer away from it. When you move
the mouse pointer, the window is collapsed until you place the mouse pointer over the window tab on the
side of the canvas where its docked.
NOTE To move or group windows, you need to pin them first.
To pin dockable windows
1 Move the mouse cursor over the title bar to display the hidden window.
2 Click
on the title bar. The window is now pinned, and can be moved and grouped.
To resize a dockable window or a group of windows
1 Place the mouse pointer over a window border until the mouse pointer changes to the splitter bar
.
2 Click and drag the boarder to the desired size.
TIP You can resize both pinned and auto hidden windows. In an auto-hidden group, each window can be resized
separately from other windows. In a pinned group, resizing one window resizes the rest of the windows.
Docking Tool
The docking tool indicates the relationship of a dragged window to the rest of the canvas, and enables you to
pinpoint drag and drop destinations.
The tool contains an inner zone and outer zone of controls representing the drop destination. Five stickers of
the inner zone are used to dock windows relative to the closest suitable area on the canvas, while four stickers
of the outer zone are used to dock windows relative to the canvas itself.
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