The default reaction window will have a mostly fixed layout as shown
in the section Reaction
Window Overview. Individual views may be switch on or off using
the view options, but view sizes and positions are generally fixed. To
be able to freely customize the views and the reaction window, View
Layout Mode can be activated. The available customization options
are described in the following:
Resetting the layout...
If something has gone wrong while rearranging the views, the original layout
can be restored by clicking on the command Reset View Layout in the View Tab
of the Parameter Panel.
The only available customization in the default mode is the docking
of the Parameter Panel and Control Panel by dragging the corresponding
title bar and dropping it on a different side of the reaction window.
The parameter panel may be auto hidden by clicking the icon in the upper right corner of the title
bar. It will the be minimized to a tab on the side of the main window.
Hovering the mouse pointer over this tab will automatically expand the
parameter panel again. The control panel will always be visible but may
be docked to a different side of the main window.
The layout mode is enabled by activating the checkbox Enable
View Layout in the View Tab
of the Parameter Panel. If activated
this mode allows the free positioning and sizing of all views in the main
window. The following options are available:
Resizing views:
The general MS-Windows convention to resize a window applies: Move
the mouse to the edge of the view until the pointer switches to the Resize Cursor. Click and hold the left-mouse
button and drag the mouse to resize the view. Release the mouse button
to finish resizing.
Docking views to a different
side of the main window:
Click and hold theleft-mousebutton on the Title Bar of the view to move. Drag the mouse to remove
the view from its current position. Docking symbols will be shown close
to all sides of the main window. Drop the view onto the desired docking
symbol and it will be moved to that position.
Docking views to the side
of another view:
Click and hold theleft-mousebutton on the Title Bar of the view to move. Drag the mouse to remove
the view from its current position. Move the view close to another view
to dock to. Docking symbols will be shown inside the view to be docked
to. Drop the view onto the desired docking symbol and it will be moved
to that position.
Docking views inside another
view:
Click and hold theleft-mousebutton on the Title Bar of the view to move. Drag the mouse to remove
the view from its current position. Move the view close to another view
to dock into. Docking symbols will be shown inside the view to be docked
to. Drop the view onto the central tab docking symbol and both views will
be merged into a Tabbed View.
To remove a tabbed view simply repeat the moving procedure by clicking
on the view tab.
icon in the upper right corner of the title
bar. It will the be minimized to a tab on the side of the main window.
Hovering the mouse pointer over this tab will automatically expand the
parameter panel again. The control panel will always be visible but may
be docked to a different side of the main window.
