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(See Minimizing palettes to temporarily display minimized floating palettes.) All docked palettes are hidden until you hover the cursor over their location they temporarily display for use and are hidden again when the cursor moves away. To auto-hide docked palettes until you need them: The palette margin area can be turned on and off in the Vectorworks preferences as described in Vectorworks preferences: Session pane. When the palette margins are in use, the drawing area cannot expand past a fixed size, which allows the palettes to remain out of the way. The palettes can also be placed in a margin on either side of the drawing area.

Two groups of docked palettes cannot be docked together undock one group of palettes and dock each palette separately to the other group.ĭrag the title bar of the palette to the desired location. To dock palettes together in the drawing area:ĭrag the title bar of an undocked palette toward another undocked palette when the palettes are in range, the closest edge is highlighted in blue to indicate the docking location. To prevent a palette from docking, hold down the Option key while dragging the palette near an edge. Currently docked palettes adjust their location along the edge to accommodate the new palette. Move the palette to the edge of the docking location and release. When the palette is in range of a window edge, the edge is highlighted to indicate the location of the palette upon docking.Ģ. Drag the title bar of the desired palette toward the edge of the application window. To dock a palette to the application window:ġ. Only Tool and Snapping palettes can dock to the top and bottom of the application window. The functionality to dock floating palettes (those not docked to the application window) to each other is enabled by default to disable docking to other floating palettes in the drawing area, deselect Window > Palette Options > Floating palettes can dock to each other.

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The functionality to dock palettes and document windows (see Managing multiple documents) to the application window is enabled by default to disable docking to the application window, deselect Window > Use Application Window. Palettes can also be placed in margins on either side of the document window.

MacĪll docked palettes and palette tabs are positioned in relation to the application window, and they move to new locations when the application window is moved undocked palettes remain in position if the application window is moved. If a detached tab’s home palette is docked, double-clicking the tab returns it to the home palette if the home palette is undocked, double-clicking docks the tab independently. Only palettes can be undocked by double-clicking individual tabs must be detached by dragging them from the palette. To toggle the docked/undocked status, double-click the palette’s title bar again.

If the palette was docked, double-clicking undocks it and moves it to its previous location in the drawing area.Ģ. If the palette was undocked, double-clicking docks it in its previous location. To dock or undock a palette by double-clicking: To prevent a palette from docking, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the palette near the docking guide the docking guides do not appear.ĭrag the title bar of the palette or the tab label to the desired location. Currently docked palettes adjust their location to accommodate the new palette. When the blue shape indicates the desired docking position, release the palette. A blue shape previews the position and size of the docked palette.ģ. Drag the palette to the docking guide and hover over the arrow that points toward the side to dock to. When a palette is dragged over an already docked palette instead of the drawing area, a new docking guide displays to provide additional docking locations.Ģ. As soon as you start to drag the title bar of the desired palette, a docking guide displays, with arrows and palette outlines to indicate potential docking positions. To dock a palette to a window edge or a docked palette:ġ. See Setting Vectorworks preferences for more information. The ability to dock palettes/tabs is enabled by default in the Session pane of the Vectorworks Preferences dialog box. Once configured, palette positions can be saved see Saving palette positions and settings.

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Most palettes, including tear-off tool palettes and detached tabs, can be docked to any of the four drawing window edges on both Windows and Mac systems.

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