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  1. <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Window Docking</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.65.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.2 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="basics.html" title="Chapter 3. jEdit Basics"><link rel="previous" href="views.html" title="Multiple Views"><link rel="next" href="status-bar.html" title="The Status Bar"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Window Docking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="views.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. jEdit Basics</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="status-bar.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="docking"></a>Window Docking</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
  2. Various jEdit and plugin
  3. windows can be docked into the view for convenience. Dockable windows
  4. have a popup button in their top-left corner. Clicking this button displays a menu with commands for docking the window in one of four sides of the view.
  5. </p><p>
  6. On each side of the text area where there are docked windows, a strip of buttons is shown. There is a button for activating each docked window, as well as a close box and a popup menu button, which when clicked shows a menu for moving or undocking the currently selected window. The popup menu also contains a command for opening a new floating instance of the current window.
  7. </p><p>
  8. The commands in the <span><b class="guimenu">View</b></span>&gt;<span><b class="guisubmenu">Docking</b></span>
  9. menu move keyboard focus between docking areas.
  10. </p><p>
  11. Dockable windows can also be configured in the <span><b class="guilabel">Docking</b></span> pane of the <span><b class="guimenu">Utilities</b></span>&gt;<span><b class="guimenuitem">Global Options</b></span> dialog box.
  12. </p><div class="sidebar"><p class="title"><b>For power users</b></p><p>
  13. Each dockable has three commands associated with it; one is part of the
  14. menu bar and opens the dockable. The other two commands are:
  15. </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span><b class="guimenuitem">Window Name
  16. (Toggle)</b></span> - opens the dockable window if it is hidden, and
  17. hide it if its already open.</p></li><li><p><span><b class="guimenuitem">Window Name
  18. (New Floating Instance)</b></span> - opens a new instance of the
  19. dockable in a floating window, regardless of the docking
  20. configuration. For example, this can be used to view two
  21. different directories side-by-side in two file system browser windows.</p><p>
  22. A new floating instance can also be opened from the dockable window's popup menu.
  23. </p></li></ul></div><p>
  24. These commands cannot be invoked from the menu bar. However, they can be
  25. added to the tool bar or context menu, and given keyboard shortcuts;
  26. see <a href="global-opts.html" title="The Global Options Dialog Box">the section called &#8220;The Global Options Dialog Box&#8221;</a>.
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