Arranging and docking panels

You can arrange the work space by moving, resizing, and minimizing panels. You can also dock panels next to each other, or inside each other as tabs.

To show and hide views, select the view in the View menu.

To show and hide panels, select the panel in the View > Panels menu.

Minimizing panels

To increase the area available for the Document, Page, or Story view, you can temporarily minimize panels by clicking the pin symbol in the top right of the panels.

Figure 8

The pin in default position

A small rectangle representing the panel is displayed on the right or left side of the StoryTeller tool.

Figure 9

The Message and Document panels can be minimized to make more room for the layout

•	To temporarily see a panel, move the pointer over the rectangle representing the panel.

•	To restore a panel, click the horizontal pin.

Figure 10

The horizontal pin

You can also combine the panels as you like and use tabs to switch between them, for example a combined Message and Document panel.

To dock panels inside each other

1	Click the title bar and drag the panel onto another panel. The panel that you are moving turns into a blue area, and the docking target presentation is displayed.

Figure 11

The docking target presentation

2	Place the pointer above the central part of the docking target presentation, and release the button.

Figure 12

Six docked panels as tabs

To remove a tab and create a separate panel

Double-click the tab. The panel is separated from the combined panel.

To dock a panel next to another panel

1	Click the title bar and drag the panel to another panel. The panel that you are moving turns into a blue area, and the docking target presentation is displayed.

2	Place the pointer above one of the icons in the docking target presentation, in the direction where you want to dock the panel, and release the button.

Figure 13

The docking target presentation.

Note:

If a combined panel with tabs is not possible, a symbol as in the following figure is displayed:

Figure 14

The docking target presentation where a combined panel with tabs is not possible.