Moving, Docking, and Floating User Interface Elements

Simply because a window pane or tab is attached to a particular area of the program window by default, does not mean it has to stay there.

Floating and Moving Elements

You can float an element that displays with a tab by clicking the tab and dragging it down until it floats.

Another way to float an element is to click on it and select Window > Float.

You can move window panes displayed in accordion view by clicking the "Drag Pane" section Drag Pane button. To drag all of the window panes grouped together, click this button in the upper-left corner of the window pane. To drag a single window pane, click this button in the accordion bar for that window pane. Hold down your mouse and drag the window panes where you want them. If you drop a window pane at a random location in the program window, it becomes a "floating" window.

Docking Elements

Docking an element that is floating means to attach it to a particular part of the program window. To do this, click in the title bar, drag it to the edge where you want to dock it, and drop it onto one of the small squares that appear in the interface. The portion of the square that has color indicates where the window pane will be docked.

Floating Square

Description

Dock in center of workspace

Dock on left side of workspace

Dock on right side of workspace

Dock on top side of workspace

Dock on bottom side of workspace