Docking Tool Windows

Summary: Describes how to dock your tool windows for space efficiency.

The Auto-Hide feature lets you undock and hide tool windows, such as the "Object Inspector", "Tool Palette", and "Project Manager", but still have access to them.

To use Auto-Hide to hide your tools

• Click the push pin in the upper right corner of a tool window.

The tool window is replaced by one or more tabs at the outer edge of the IDE window.

• Position the cursor over the tab to display the tool window,.

The tool window slides into view.

• Move the cursor away from the tool window to slide the tool window out of view.
• Click the push pin until it points down to redock the tool window. >To dock the tools with one another
• Click the tool window title bar and drag the window into another tool window.
• Select a location to drop the tool window and release the mouse button.

To undock the tools from one another

• Click the tool window title bar and drag the window away from the other tool window.
• Select a location to drop the tool window and release the mouse button.

• The configuration of dockable windows build a desktop layout
• The active desktop layout is the desktop setting

• You can save your desktop configuration by pressing the button just at the right of the desktop selection combo.

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• Available desktop layouts are on a combo at the top

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• The debug desktop layout can be set using a button at the side, this will bring a dialog, with a combo, listing all available desktops, just pick one to be used when debugging