Palettes
Palettes are areas that manage drawing entities, properties, and resources.
Palettes can be floating or docked. Usually palettes are docked to the left or right side of the drawing window.
To save space in the graphics area, you can also overlap palettes in the left or right docked location. Activate a palette by clicking the palette's tab.
Frequently used palettes include the Properties palette or the Layer Manager palette.
For a list of the palettes available in the application, see Palettes Reference.
You can display all palettes using the Start Page: on the My Setup tab, under Palettes, enable Select All.
To make a palette floating:
- Do one of the following:
- Double-click the title bar of the palette.
- Drag the palette's title bar to a new position.
To dock a floating palette:
- Do one of the following:
- Double-click the palette's title bar.
- Drag the palette's title bar to a margin of the graphics area.
- Right-click the Auto-Hide button
and click Dock Left or Dock Right. - Right-click the Auto-Hide button and click Dock Left or Dock Right.
To automatically hide all palettes when you move the pointer away from the palette:
- Right-click the Auto-Hide button and select Auto-Hide.
The title bar and the palette tabs remain visible when the palettes collapse.
To keep all palettes expanded:
- Do one of the following:
- Click the Auto-Hide button
. - Right-click the Auto-Hide button and clear Auto-Hide.
- Click the Auto-Hide button
To automatically hide all palettes when you move the pointer away from the palette:
- Right-click the Auto-Hide button and select Auto-Hide.
The title bar and the palette tabs remain visible when the palettes collapse.
To keep all palettes expanded:
- Click the Auto-Hide button .
- or -
- Right-click the Auto-Hide button and clear Auto-Hide.
To close a palette:
- Click Close
on the title bar of the palette.