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Improved window docking (2024)

Improved window docking provides more customization and better use of screen-space.

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  • You can dock Alias Editors, the Tool palette and other windows for quick access and to help manage your screen space.
  • You can dock windows to the borders of the Alias workspace or dock them together to create floating groups.
  • Option windows and Too palette Control windows cannot be docked.
  • Option windows can be identified by the blue outline around their perimeter.
  • To dock a window, either middle-mouse-button drag or press Shift then left-mouse-button drag the windows title bar.
  • When the cursor intersects the docking region, a solid blue line displays along the edge of the target window.
  • A square docking icon appears indicating that the window can be docked.
  • Release the mouse button to dock.
  • Move the dock group by dragging the window header.
  • To undock a window, middle-mouse-button or Shift left-mouse-button drag the window tab away from the group.
  • Notice how the location of the cursor on the window affects the docking region.
  • You can dock windows to all four sides of the target window.
  • Groups and single windows can also be docked along the perimeter of the Alias workspace.
  • Add windows to the group.
  • Adjust window sizes by dragging the dividers.
  • To hide the docked windows, click the arrow icon.
  • To show the windows, hover over the border and click the vertical blue line.
  • You can also dock a window as a tab.
  • When you dock a window, it automatically scales to match the size of other windows in the group.
  • You can add more windows to the groups already docked to the workspace border.
  • Hide and show your multiple column layout the same way.
  • If you close a window in a group, using a menu or palette, it gets removed while the other windows remain grouped.
  • When you restart Alias, the positions of the dock windows are preserved by Workspaces
  • If you close a window in a group using the menu or palette, it gets removed while the other windows remain grouped.

For more information, see Docking editor windows.

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