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System Manager

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Change the Pane Layout of System Manager

You can adjust or customize the arrangement of the panes in the System Manager

window.

1. In the System Manager window header, if the lock pane layout icon is active

(undimmed), click it so that it becomes dimmed. Otherwise the pane layout

cannot be changed.

2. To switch between the available preset layouts, click the icons in the title bar:

– : Selection, Primary, and Contextual panes. Secondary pane will open

when required.

– : Selection and Primary pane, and the left part of the Contextual pane.

– : Selection and Primary pane.

– : Primary and Contextual pane. Secondary pane will open when

required.

– : Primary pane only.

NOTE: Even if the selected layout includes the Secondary pane, the

Secondary pane only displays when you make a selection that requires it,

and provided the Primary pane is not locked. See Allow or Prevent

Opening of the Secondary Pane [➙ 23].

3. To resize the panes in the current layout, drag the splitter (the dividing line)

between them.

4. To expand/collapse a pane, click the button on the splitter. (Click the

button again to re-expand a collapsed pane).

5. To close the Secondary pane, click Close in its pane header.

6. To prevent the current layout from being changed, click the lock pane layout

icon in the title bar (so that it is undimmed). This disables the function that lets

you switch between the preset layouts so that panes can no longer be resized,

expanded, collapsed, or closed.

Allow or Prevent Opening of the Secondary Pane

Normally, the Secondary pane opens on demand, when you make a selection that

requires it. When the Secondary pane opens, it takes up half the space that would

otherwise be allotted to the Primary pane. You can prevent the Secondary pane

from opening, so that the Primary pane will always occupy its full width.

1. To prevent the Secondary pane from opening, click the pushpin icon in the

Primary pane header so that it is in the locked position .

a The Primary pane is locked to full width, and the Secondary pane will not open.

Any selections (such as Related Items) that would normally display in the

Secondary pane are instead redirected to the Primary pane.

1. To allow the Secondary pane to open again, click the pushpin icon in the

Primary pane header so that it is in the unlocked position .

a The Primary pane width is unlocked, and will resize to accommodate the

Secondary pane when a selection is made that displays in the Secondary

pane.