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Customizing the Movie Viewer

One of the benefits of the Movie Viewer's user interface is that it is flexible and easy to customize to meet your needs. Below are some of the ways you can customize the interface.

Moving, docking, and floating window panes

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 windows You can move a window pane wherever you want it by clicking the "Drag Pane" section (located in the upper-left corner of the window pane) and dragging the window where you want it.
Floating windows 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>Floating.)
Docking windows "Docking" a window means to "attach it" to an edge 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 blue arrows or bulls eyes that appear in the interface.

Auto-hiding window panes

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 the mouse 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.

Resizing user interface elements

You can easily resize the program window, dialog windows, and floating window panes in the Movie Viewer 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.