Once a window is docked it can be resized, undocked, redocked to a new location. You also set it to Auto Hide. Note when a layout is saved, the corresponding docking configuration is saved with the layout as well.  This means the docked windows will appear when reopening the layout. We will explore the various features of a docked window in this section.

1.Place the cursor on the top border of the docked Gate Navigator.

2.Click and hold left mouse button on top title bar. While holding, drag the Gate Navigator to a new location on the layout.

As you move the Gate Navigator on the layout (Figure T12.6, red arrow), docking zone icons appear at the edges of layout (Figure T12.6, red outlines). If you continue to move the Gate Navigator towards the middle of the layout, the central docking icon will re-appear, as previously shown in Figure T12.3.

 

3.Continue to hold down the mouse button and move the Gate Navigator towards the bottom docking arrow.  Once on the icon, notice a blue rectangle appears at the bottom of the layout, indicating the proposed docking location for the window. (Figure T12.7, red outline and blue rectangle)

 

 

4.Release the mouse button when the cursor is on bottom docking arrow.

 

The Gate Navigator is now docked at the bottom of the layout, as shown in Figure T12.8. However, the current size of the docked Navigator is too large and covers part of the plots on the layout. We will resize the docked window to a more appropriate size.

5.Place the cursor between the top border of the docked Gate Navigator and Page navigation bar. A double-headed cursor will appear (red outline in the picture above). Click and drag down (red arrow in the picture above); a dark grey line will appear, indicating where new upper border will be placed for navigator when the mouse button is released.  

6.Release the mouse button when the docked Gate Navigator is no longer covering the plots on the layout.

Rather than resize the docked Navigator, we could use the Auto Hide feature. Auto Hide allows the window to remain docked, but hidden, except for a visible tab with the name of the docked window on it. When the cursor is placed on the tab the docked window re-appears and remains visible as long as the cursor remains on the docked window. If the cursor is moved off the docked window then the window is again hidden.

9.Click on the Auto Hide icon in the upper right corner of the docked Gate Navigator.

10. Move the cursor off and away from the docked Gate Navigator.

The docked Gate Navigator will hide from the layout with only a tab displayed on the bottom of the layout, indicated by a red outline in Figure T12.9.

11. Move the cursor over the Gate Navigator tab (red outline in the picture above) and pause. The Gate Navigator will appear again.

12. To disable the Auto Hide feature, click the Auto Hide icon located in the upper right corner of the docked Gate Navigator.

Note that the Auto Hide icon has rotated 90 degrees from its original orientation. The Auto Hide orientation at the beginning of step 12 indicates that the Auto Hide feature is on. However, after clicking on the Auto Hide icon, it will return to its the original position in step 9, indicating the Auto Hide feature is off. The Gate Navigator is now visible, docked at the bottom of the layout.

 

In the next section, we will continue using the Docking.fey layout and cover docking features with multiple windows docked.