Window Layouts¶

Arranging windows¶

Move a window to a new position in your Layout by moving your mouse pointer to the Window's header and pressing and holding down the left mouse button as you drag the Window. You will now see the docking user interface. Move the pointer to the region where you wish to dock the Window. You can also rearrange a window with the Float and Dock options in the docking menu (see below).

Showing and Hiding windows¶

You can hide any window by clicking the x in the upper right corner of the Window.

To toggle the visibility of any window, use the View menu and click the button for the windows to show/hide.

Note that the hidden Window will reappear in its default position, not necessarily to where you had last moved it.

The docking menu (window position)¶

You bring up the docking menu by clicking the small triangle ( Window Position) next to the Hide () button in each Window.

Resetting layouts¶

At any time, you can reset the active Layout to the default layout by selecting Layout and pressing the Reset button. Reset will restore your currently active Layout to the program's default layout.

Loading and saving user layouts¶

There are eight user layouts. You select a user layout form the Layout menu or by using the F1-F8 keys. When you close the program, your Layout gets saved automatically.

Save your Layout by clicking the Save button. This action saves the Layout you have into the layout position currently selected.

You can reset a layout to its default state by clicking the Reset button. Note that the first four named layouts have a different default layout (with the windows you need for the Layout's default name).

You can assign names to your layouts in Preferences.

Tip: The best way to learn how to move and arrange windows in the flexible GUI is to play around with dragging windows.

Tip: Hold down CTRL and press TAB to get a list of all the active windows in your current Layout. Click on a name in the list to open that Window.

Tip: If you have more than one monitor, you are lucky. Use them all to get an even better overview using the flexible Layout.

Tip: Layouts are saved between program runs.