Manipulate multiple- and single-page windows


You can use the following controls to manipulate multiple-page docking windows and single-page, non-docking windows. The controls that are available vary with your window configuration.

See also Work with non-docking containers, below.

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Move a window.

(A) Window title bar

Click+drag the title bar (A) of the window.

Reopen a window.

(B) List button

Click the list button (B) to see all available multiple-page and single-page windows, and to turn individual tool panes on and off.


Tip:

You also can reopen a window using the View tab→Show group→Panes command.

Float a window.

Do either of the following:

  • Double-click the title bar of a window.

  • Press the Ctrl key while dragging the window.

    If the window is eligible to be docked, this turns off the docking stickers so you can float the window near a border, in a position that would otherwise result in the pane being docked.


Auto-Hide a window.

(C) Auto-Hide button

  • (Auto-Hide mode) Click the Auto Hide button (C) once to collapse the window. Click it again to restore the window and pin it in place.

    You can still see and use the functions in the window by hovering over the tab or title bar.

    Example:

    Docking pane—Collapses to a tab.

    Example:

    Non-docking pane—Collapses to the title bar.


Return a docking window to its previous size and location.

Double-click the title bar of a floating multiple-page window or a window docked in a new location.

Tip:

This technique does not restore a docking window to its default size and location if you have added it to the tab set in another window. To reposition these windows, use the precision tools called docking stickers.

See the Help topic, Reposition a window using docking stickers.

Resize a window.

splitter

  1. Place the cursor over one of the gray dividers between windows.

  2. When the splitter control is displayed, as shown in the illustration, click+drag the edge of the window to the size you want.


Tear off a tab from a docking window.

  1. Position the cursor over the tab you want to tear off.

  2. Hold the left mouse button as you drag the tab out of the docking window.


Add a docking window to a tab set in another docking window.
Note:

The round sticker represents a tab set.

  1. Turn off Auto-Hide in the destination window. (This pins the window in place.)

  2. Drag the tab or other docking window into the destination window.

  3. When the group of docking stickers is displayed, as shown in the nearby example, move your cursor onto the round sticker in the middle of the group.

  4. Release the mouse button.


Reorder tabs in a docking window.

  1. Position the cursor over the tab you want to move, and then press the left mouse button.

  2. Drag the tab before or after another tab in the docking window.

  3. Release the mouse button.


Close a window.

(B) Show Panes button

(E) Close button

  1. Click the Show Panes button (B).

  2. On the menu, clear the check box or icon in front of the window name.

  3. Click the Close button (E).


Maximize a vertically docked window.

(D) Maximize button

Maximizing a vertically docked window is a fast way to expose a long list of items—such as model geometry in the PathFinder pane or model relationships in command bar.

  • In the vertically docked window that you want to maximize, click the Maximize button (D).

    This expands the window you want to see more of and collapses the window docked vertically above or below it.

    Tip:

    This option is available only when a window is docked vertically with another window above or below it.

Restore a vertically docked window.

(D) Restore button

Use the Restore option when you are done working in an expanded docking window and want to return the vertically docked windows to their previous size.

  • In the vertically docked window that you previously expanded, click the Restore button (D).

    Tip:

    This option is available only after you have maximized a vertically docked window.

Work with non-docking containers

Single-pane containers are windows that cannot be placed inside a multiple-page container and do not respond to docking sticker cues.

The single-pane containers float in the window. You can drag the title bar to move the container. Use the controls in the title bar to minimize, restore, and auto-hide a single-pane container.

  1. Single-pane, non-docking containers open in a pinned state.

  2. If you click the pin button (Auto-Hide), the container collapses to its title bar to provide visibility to items beneath it.

    In this state, hover over the title bar and the container drops back into view.

  3. Click the pin button again to keep the pane open.

Docking window tab sets Reposition a window using docking stickers

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