How to undock, move, show, hide, or resize the command window, and work with the extended command history.
Open or Close the Command Window
Do one of the following:
- Click .
- Press CMD 3
- At the Command prompt, enter COMMANDLINE or COMMANDLINEHIDE.
Dock or Undock the Command Window
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Undock. Click Undock icon at the right end of the command window.
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Dock. Click Dock icon at the right end of the command window.
Reposition the Command Window
- Undock the command window.
- Drag the bar at the left end of the command window.
Resize the Command Window
Resize height
- Position the cursor over the horizontal splitter bar so that the cursor is displayed as a double line and arrows.
- Drag the splitter bar vertically until the command window is the height you want it to be.
Resize length
- Position the cursor over the left or right end of the command window so that the cursor is displayed as a double line and arrows.
- Drag until the command window is the length you want it to be.
Note: When the command window is floating, you can only resize the command window length from the right end.
Display Extended Command History
- Click the arrow near the right end of the command window.
Control the Display of Recent Input
- At the Command prompt, enter INPUTHISTORYMODE.
- Enter a sum of one or more of the following values:
- 0. No history of recent input is displayed.
- 1. History of recent input is displayed at the Command prompt with access through Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.
- 2. History of recent input for the current command is displayed in the shortcut menu.
- 4. History of recent input for all commands in the current session is displayed in the shortcut menu.
- 8. Markers for recent input of point locations are displayed in the drawing.
The default value is 15.
- (Optional) To specify how many values entered at a Command prompt are remembered and displayed as recent input, enter CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX.
Copy or Save the Command Window History
- To copy all the text in the Command History to the Clipboard, right-click and select Copy History from the shortcut menu, or enter the COPYHIST command.
- To save commands automatically to a log file starting with the next command, enter the LOGFILEON command. Enter LOGFILENAME to see the log file name and location.