Customizing the Workspace

Simply because a window pane is attached to the left or right side of the program window by default, this does not mean it has to stay there.

• Moving Window Panes You can move window panes displayed in accordion view by clicking the "Drag Pane" section . If you want to drag all of the window panes grouped together, click this button in the upper-left corner of the window pane on top. If you want 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 pane(s) where you want it/them.

  

• Floating Window Panes If you drop the window pane at a random location in the program window, it becomes a "floating" window. (You can also create a floating window by clicking in the element and selecting Window>Float.)

• Docking Window Panes Docking a window pane means to attach it to a particular part of the program window. To do this, move the floating window pane by clicking in the title bar of the window pane, 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.

  	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

In the top-right corner of every window pane, you will see a small button that looks like a pin . If you click this button, the window pane is hidden (or "pinned" to the edge of the program window). However, you can still see the title of the window pane along the edge of the program window. When you hover over the title, the window pane temporarily displays again until you move the mouse off the window pane. Click the button again to "un-pin" the window pane.

You can easily resize the program window, dialog windows, and floating window panes in Lingo by clicking the edge of the element and dragging the mouse to the desired size. You can also resize drop-down menus in the same way.

You can choose how to view window panes in the workspace.

• Accordion Tabs Stacks the document tabs below the window pane or editor.
• Standard Tabs on Top Places the document tabs on the top of the window pane or editor.
• Standard Tabs on Bottom Places the document tabs on the bottom of the window pane or editor.

To switch between tab types, right-click in the title bar of the window pane or editor and select a view.

When you move window panes around in the interface, the configuration (or "layout") of the workspace is changed. Lingo lets you save different layouts of the interface, in case you want to use one layout for a certain purpose and a different layout for another purpose.

For more information (including steps on saving, selecting, and resetting layouts), see Window Layouts.

You can use the Interface tab on the Options dialog to choose a color scheme for the interface. See Selecting an Interface Color Theme.

By default ribbons are used when you install and launch Lingo for the first time. However, you can use the Options dialog to switch back to the classic tool strip. See Switching Between Ribbons and the Tool Strip.

You can minimize the ribbons so that you only see the top portion of the ribbons until you select an option. To do this, right-click anywhere in a ribbon and select Minimize the Ribbon from the context menu. See Minimizing Ribbons.

You can set user interface options in the Options dialog. This allows you to make global changes to how the interface is displayed.

In the Lingo Options dialog, you can customize the way the Translation Editor and Translation Memory Editor display translation segments. You can display the source and target segments next to each other, or with the source segment above the target segment. You can also adjust the editor font size, which resizes translation segments, translation suggestions, and segment notes based on your desired font size. See Options Dialog.