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General Information
SeaBat UI - User Manual
3.2.1.3 Floating
It is also possible to use
the context menu of the
pane to go from docking to
floating and back (see
page 10).
When the pane is docked, double click on the title bar of the pane and it
becomes a floating window (the pane is now in Floating mode). Press
with the left mouse button on the title bar of the pane and it can be
dragged over the screen. The pane becomes a floating window and can
be docked to one of the sides of the view. Guide diamonds will appear
when the window is dragged.
It is possible to move the floating window outside the frame of the SeaBat
UI.
Figure 3-3
Floating window with the guide diamonds for the settings panes
The guide diamonds helps to re-dock the settings panes to the left or right
side as displayed above and the Main, Advanced and Messages to the
top or bottom of the view.
Dragged the floating window to one of the guide diamonds (f.i.
) and
when the pointer (mouse cursor) is above the diamond, the location
where the pane will be placed is highlighted. Release the mouse button
and the pane will be docked to the highlighted location.
When now the pane is undocked it will hide and the tab for the pane will
be placed on the side where the pane was placed.