Docking Panels:

Overview:
Many of the most common features of PCStitch Pro are displayed in dockable panels. This simply means you can position these panels anywhere in the design window. More advanced features such as grouping panels or automatically hiding them will be discussed in other tutorials. When using all these features, you can customize your design environment any way you want! To begin, lets start with the basics: moving a panel to another location.

Docking Example: Here you will see a screen shot of the design grid with the Available Colors panel displayed and docked along the left side of the application window. Let's move the Available Colors panel from the left side of the application window to the right side. |
Step 1: You start by "grabbing" the panel you want to move by clicking in the title-bar of the panel and holding the mouse button down. |
Step 2: Now, while continuing to hold the mouse button down, drag the panel and drop it on top of a location indicator. A shadow will show you an example of where the panel will be docked. (Location Indicators) |
Step 3: Drop it. The panel will now be docked in the new location! That’s all there is to it. The key is to drop the panel on the location indicator you want. If you chose the wrong one, don’ t worry. Just move it again. Try it with a couple of panels. You will have the hang of it in no time!

See Also:

| The Design Studio | Grouping Panels | Auto-Hiding Panels |

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