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NOTE The Tilt window can only be docked vertically on the left or right, taking
up the full height of the canvas, or be floating.
By default, a docked window is pinned, meaning that the window remains
displayed at its current size and can be moved. When you auto hide a window
and move the mouse pointer away from it, the window is reduced to a tab
displaying the window name. Moving the mouse pointer over the tab displays
the window fully, but temporarily, over the canvas. Auto-hiding a window
can show more of the canvas while still keeping the window available.
Auto-hiding a window also prevents it from being undocked, grouped, or
ungrouped.
NOTE When you dock windows inside the default scene view, you do not get pin
and auto-hide functionality. This does not affect custom scene views.
An undocked window is one that has been separated from the program
window. Each undocked window can be moved around the screen or screens
as desired. Although undocked windows cannot be pinned, they can be resized
and grouped.
A window group is a way to have more than one window occupy the same
amount of space on the screen. When windows are grouped, each window is
represented by a tab at the bottom of the group. In a group, click a tab to
display that window. You can group or ungroup window as necessary and
save custom workspaces. After changing window positions, you can save your
settings as a custom workspace.
Auto Hide Position
When you auto hide a window, it collapses against a specific side of the canvas
- Top, Left, Right, or Bottom. The side to which it collapses is determined by
the docking position. So, for example, if you dock a window to the left of
canvas, it collapses to the left.
The Shortcut Menu
Right-clicking a dockable window displays a shortcut menu of available
commands. If you right-click a single item, or select one or more items and
right-click, this menu contains commands related to the items. If you
right-click an area that contains no items or data, the menu contains
commands related to the dockable window, if appropriate.
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