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Move a docking window.

(A) grabber bar

1. Position the cursor on the grabber bar (A) located at top-left of the window.

2. Hold the left mouse button as you drag the window to a new location.

You can dock a window inside or outside the application window. You also can float it undocked anywhere.

Auto-Hide a docking window.

(C) Auto-Hide button

• (Start Auto-Hide) Click the Auto Hide button (C) once to collapse the window to a tab.

  In this collapsed state, you can still see and use the functions in the window by placing the cursor over the tab.

  Example:

  

• (Stop Auto-Hide) When the tab is fully visible, click the Un-Hide button to restore the window and pin it in place.

Float a docking window.

Do either of the following:

• Double-click the title bar of a docked window.

• Press the Ctrl key while dragging the window.

  This turns off the docking stickers so you can float the window near a border, in a position that would otherwise result in the pane being docked.

Return a docking window to its previous size and location.

Double-click the title bar of a floating window or a window docked in a new location.

Resize a docking window.

splitter

1. Place the cursor over one of the gray dividers between docking windows.

2. When the splitter control is displayed, as shown in the illustration, hold the left mouse button as you drag the edge of the window to the size you want.

Tear off a tab from a docking window.

1. Position the cursor over the tab you want to tear off.

2. Hold the left mouse button as you drag the tab out of the docking window.

Add a docking window to a tab set in another docking window.

1. Drag the tab or other docking window into the docking window where you want to place it.

2. When the group of docking stickers is displayed, move your cursor onto the round sticker in the middle of the group.

3. Release the mouse button.

Reorder tabs in a docking window.

1. Position the cursor over the tab you want to move, and then press the left mouse button.

2. Drag the tab before or after another tab in the docking window.

3. Release the mouse button.

Close a docking window.

(B) Docking Window Display Menu button

(E) Close button

1. Click the Docking Window Display Menu button (B).

2. On the menu, clear the check box or icon in front of the docking window name.

3. Click the Close button (E).

Reopen a docking window.

(B) Docking Window Display Menu button

1. On any open docking window, click the Docking Window Display Menu button (B).

2. On the menu, select the check box or icon in front of the name of the closed docking window that you want to display.

   Tip:

   You also can reopen a docking window using the View tab→Show group→Panes command.

Maximize a vertically docked window.

(D) Maximize button

Maximizing a vertically docked window is a fast way to expose a long list of items—such as model geometry in the PathFinder pane or model relationships in command bar.

• In the vertically docked window that you want to maximize, click the Maximize button (D).

  This expands the window you want to see more of and collapses the window docked vertically above or below it.

  Tip:

  This option is available only when a window is docked vertically with another window above or below it.

Restore a vertically docked window.

(D) Restore button

Use the Restore option when you are done working in an expanded docking window and want to return the vertically docked windows to their previous size.

• In the vertically docked window that you previously expanded, click the Restore button (D).

  Tip:

  This option is available only after you have maximized a vertically docked window.