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To hide all panels:
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Select Window > Hide Panels, or press the F4 key on your keyboard. Repeat this command to
show all panels.
Note: The Hide Panels menu command hides all floating (non-docked) tool windows and all docking channels
(Windows only). Document windows (such as the Stage, Score, and Script windows) are unaffected. For more
information on the difference between document and tool windows see “Window types” on page 34. For more
information on docked and floating panels see “Docking panels” on page 37.
Docking panels
You can dock panels in two ways: to each other and (Windows only) to the docking channels
contained by the application window. In Windows, the docking channels run along the left
and right sides of the application window. The area between these docking channels is called
the View Port.
To collapse or expand a docking channel:
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Click the Drawer button located in the center of the docking channel’s separator bar.
Collapsing a docking channel increases the space allocated to the View Port.
To resize a docking channel:
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Drag the docking channel’s separator bar.
Panel docking is restricted by window type. On both Macintosh and Windows versions of
Director MX, document windows can be docked together (for example, the Score window with
the Cast window), and utility windows can be docked together (for example, the Property
inspector with the Behavior inspector). A document window cannot be docked with a utility
window, however.
In Windows, document window types cannot be docked; utility-type windows can be
docked only in the right and left docking channels. Macintosh versions of Director do not
have docking channels.
Note: Both the Stage and the Tool palette are exceptions to these docking rules. Neither the Stage nor the Tool
palette can be docked to any other panel, and the Stage cannot be docked to a docking channel. However, the Tool
palette can dock to the left or right docking channels.
You use the panel gripper to dock panels to each other or to a docking channel.