Panels make work easier by making the necessary tools immediately available. You can keep multiple panels open at the same time and change their position and size according to your specific needs. Once you have defined an appropriate layout for the panels, this layout will be used automatically the next time you start the program.
You can anchor a panel to the edge of the main window. The editing window will be resized to leave room for the anchored panel. Panels can be anchored horizontally or vertically and resized. You can make a panel mobile so that it can be dragged and dropped into any position.
Six panels are available: Job, SCH, PCB, Libraries, Messages e Navigator. Each panel can contain one or more tabs corresponding to as many activities.
At first start, the Job panel is anchored to the right edge of the main window while the Messages panel is anchored to the bottom edge, the Libraries panel is hidden.
Panel Buttons
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Click the Menu button to display the panel menu. |
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Click "Auto Hide" to hide the panel and display only the panel tab. The panel automatically expands when you place the pointer on it. |
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Click Close to close a single panel. |
To view a panel
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Right-click any toolbar and then select the panel you want to view.
To hide a panel
Do one of the following:
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Right-click on the title bar of the panel and then choose Hide.
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Right-click any toolbar and then clear the checkbox to the left of the panel you want to hide.
To move a panel
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Drag the title bar of the panel to the new position.
Tip: While dragging a panel, you can hold down CTRL to prevent it from being anchored when it touches the edge of the program window.
To anchor a panel
- Drag the title bar of a floating panel to the desired location. You can anchor a panel to an existing panel group or to the right, left, top, or bottom side of another panel. When you move the panel to a location where it can be anchored, a shaded frame appears indicating the location where the panel will be anchored.
To make a panel mobile
- Drag the title bar of an anchored panel away from the edge of the program window.