About Controlling the Appearance of Palettes

You can use workspaces to control the display and appearance of palettes.

Many palettes, known as secondary windows, can be set to dock, anchor, or float in the application window. You can define the size, location, or appearance of these windows by changing their properties in a workspace. The palettes available in the program include:

Blocks Palette Command Line Design Center DWG History External References Layer Properties Manager Markup Set Manager Properties Push to Autodesk Docs Quick Calc Ribbon Share View Sheet Set Manager Tool Palette Trace Palette

(the following palettes are not available in AutoCAD LT) Activity Insights Advanced Render Settings Command Macros dbConnect Manager Lights in Model Material Browser Material Editor Sun Properties Visual Styles Manager

For example, the following table explains the default property settings for the Tool Palettes window in the Drafting & Annotation workspace. To display these property settings in the CUI editor, select the Drafting & Annotation workspace in the Customizations In pane, expand Palettes in the Workspace Contents pane, select Tool Palette, and then look at the settings in the Properties pane.

Properties for the Tool Palettes window under the Drafting & Annotation workspace
Properties pane item	Description	Example
Show	Controls the visibility state of the palette.	No
Orientation	Controls the docking or floating state of the palette. Some palettes such as the Command Line do not support all the possible docking locations.	Do not change
Allow Docking	Controls whether you can dock the palette by dragging it to one of the designated docking areas.	Do not change
Auto Hide	Controls whether the palette rolls up when not in use.	Do not change
Use Transparency	Controls whether the palette appears transparent.	Do not change
Transparency Amount	Controls the level of opacity for the palette. The valid range is 0 through 100. This setting is not supported by every palette.	0
Default Group	Controls which tool palette group should be displayed in the Tool Palettes window when the workspace is restored or set current.
Height	Specifies the palette's height when it is floating.	0
Width	Specifies the palette's width when it is floating.	0