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The Command Panel includes six separate panels accessed via tab icons.
Working with rollouts
Most of the controls, buttons, and parameters in the Command Panel are contained within sections called
rollouts. A rollout is a grouping of controls positioned under a gray, boxed title, as shown in Figure 1.6.
Each rollout title bar includes a plus or minus sign (a minus sign indicates that the rollout is open; a plus
sign shows closed rollouts). Clicking the rollout title opens or closes the rollout. You can also reposition the
order of the rollouts by dragging the rollout title and dropping it above or below the other rollouts.
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Right-clicking away from the buttons in a rollout presents a pop-up menu where you can select to close the
rollout you’ve clicked in, Close All, Open All, or Reset Rollout Order. The pop-up menu also lists all avail-
able rollouts within the current panel with a check mark next to the ones that are open.
Expanding all the rollouts often exceeds the screen space allotted to the Command Panel. If the rollouts
exceed the given space, then a small vertical scroll bar appears at the right edge of the Command Panel. You
can drag this scroll bar to access the rollouts at the bottom of the Command Panel, or you can click away
from the controls when a hand cursor appears. With the hand cursor, click and drag in either direction to
scroll the Command Panel. You can also scroll the Command Panel with the scroll wheel on the mouse.
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Increasing the Command Panel’s width
The Command Panel can also be doubled or tripled (or any multiple as long as you have room) in width
by dragging its left edge toward the center of the interface. The width of the Command Panel is increased at
the expense of the viewports. Figure 1.7 shows the Command Panel double its normal size.
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