Work with Dockable Windows

Show a Dockable Window

  1. Click View tab > Workspace panel > Windows .
  2. Select the check box next to the desired window in the drop-down list.

Move a Dockable Window

  1. Click and drag the title bar at the top or side of the window.
  2. Optionally, to prevent a window from automatically docking while you drag it, hold down the CTRL key.
Tip: The docking tool allows you to place windows in a specific relationship to the canvas areas.

Group and Ungroup Dockable Windows

  1. To group a dockable window, click and drag the title bar of the window to be added to another window or group.
  2. Drop the window on the title bar of the receiving window or group. A tab with the name of the dragged window is added to the bottom of the receiving window.
  3. To ungroup a window, click the tab for the window you want to remove.
  4. Click and drag the window tab out of the group.
  5. Drop the window to ungroup it.

Auto Hide Dockable Windows

  1. On a window title bar, click the Auto Hide button .

    The window continues to be displayed until you move the mouse pointer away from it.

  2. Move the mouse pointer to collapse the window 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.

    Note: To move or group windows, you need to pin them first.

Pin Dockable Windows

  1. Move the mouse cursor over the title bar to display the hidden window.

  2. Click on the title bar. The window is now pinned, and can be moved and grouped.

    Note: When you dock windows inside the default view, you do not get pin and auto-hide functionality. This does not affect custom scene views.

Resize Dockable Windows

You can resize a single dockable window or a group of windows.

  1. Place the mouse pointer over a window border until the mouse pointer changes to the splitter bar .

  2. Click and drag the border to the desired size.

    Tip: You can resize both pinned and auto hidden windows. In an auto-hidden group, each window can be resized separately from other windows. In a pinned group, resizing one window resizes the rest of the windows.

Display Context Menu

  1. Right-click a dockable window.
Note: 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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