How to hide, re-display, move, and switch between windows
The active view (2D view, 3D view, tabular data view or report view) is always maximised. If required a second view can be displayed at the same time by opening a vertical or horizontal tab group.
All the remaining windows can be resized and repositioned to float over the views, or docked to an edge of another window - see the instructions below for details.
Auto-hide a window
To increase the area available for graphical display, you can choose to auto-hide any of the windows.
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In the desired window, click
Auto Hide.
The window immediately contracts to a tab.
Close a window
Click
Close at the top right corner of the window.
Close at the top right corner of the window.
Re-display a closed window
Move a window
Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window to its new location.
If you place the selected window over an edge of the main window, or over a divider within the main window, the window docks to that edge or divider.
Dock a window as a tabbed page in another window
Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window over the title bar or the tab group of the other window.
Open a tabbed page in another window
Select the tabbed page, and drag the page to its new location.
The tabbed page opens in a new window.
Dock a window using the docking control
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Select the title bar of the window, and start dragging the window.
The window docking control appears in the middle of the main window.
Dock a window to a tabbed page of the current window
- Select the title bar of the window, and drag the window over the central button of the docking control.
- Release the left mouse button.
Switch between open windows using the keyboard
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Press Ctrl+Tab
A dialog is displayed listing all the currently open windows. A preview of the selected winow is also displayed on the right of the dialog if available.
