Arranging Document and Tool Windows

You can put interface elements in many different places. You can arrange document windows in the central document window area and tool window to anywhere in the application window. They are then supported by arrangement icons. Document windows and tool windows can also be used as floating windows.

Document Windows and Tool Windows Properties

The program interface can have a title bar, ribbon and status bar; it can also contain two other interface elements: the central document window area1 and the tool window area.

The two areas differentiate from each other in the fact that tool windows can be arranged in the document area but document windows 2 cannot be stored in the tool window area.

Context menus are available for the titles of the documents and the tool window. The context menu for a tool window always starts with Float; the context menu for a document always starts with Close.

All tool windows and certain documents (all diagram editors, specification text editor, dependency editor and preview window for model documentation) can all be floating in the Innovator interface.

Attention

Use the context menu or the shortcut keys (zoom in [F9]) instead of the ribbon when working with floating diagrams.

The table shows where commands are available, what they are for and what they do.

Table: Context Menu Commands for Documents and Tool Windows
Document Window Area Tool Window Area Meaning
Document Window Tool Window
Close Close Close Closes the current document or tool window
Close All Except This Close All Except This Close All Except This Closes the current element as well as all documents and tool windows in the document area if any are open
Close All Close All Close All Closes all documents and tool windows in the document area
Float Float Float Document 3or tool window is floating
(It is sufficient to double-click on the tab for tool windows)
Dock Dock Dock Document or tool window is anchored at its original position in its area
(Double-click on the window's header)
    Dock as Document Moves the tool window to the document area
    Auto Hide Minimizes the tool window to the tab if it is not in focus
New Horizontal Tab Group     Moves the current document or tool window in the document area to a new horizontal tab group
New Vertical Tab Group     Moves the current document or tool window in the document area to a new vertical tab group
Move to Previous Tab Group     Moves the current document or tool window in the document area to the previous tab group if multiple tab groups exist
Move to Next Tab Group     Moves the current document or tool window in the document area to the next tab group if multiple tab groups exist

Arranging a Document Window

Context

Documents can only be arranged in the document window area. Certain documents 4 can be arranged as floating.

If you want to add a document to the document area using drag-and-drop, the arrangement icon appears for adding documents in the document area.

How to proceed

  1. Click on the tab of the document you want to arrangement in the document area and keep the mouse button pressed.

  2. Move the mouse pointer in the document.

    The document is shown as a rectangle and the document area's arrangement icon for documents appears.

  3. Place the mouse pointer on the icon which corresponds to where you want the document to be positioned. The position your document will be placed is shown as a grayed out area corresponding to where the mouse pointer is placed.

Arranging a Tool Window

Context

Tool windows can be arranged in document and tool window areas.

If you want to add a tool window to the document area using drag-and-drop, the arrangement icon appears for adding tool windows in the document area.

The inner icons show where the tool window will go in the document in tab format.

The outer icons show where the tool window will go in a new tool window area.

If you want to add a tool window to the tool window area using drag-and-drop, the tool window arrangement icon appears.

How to proceed

  1. Click on the title of the tool window you want to arrange in the tool window keep the mouse button pressed.

  2. Move the mouse pointer to where you want the tool window to go.

    The document is shown as a rectangle and the respective tool window's arrangement icon appears.

  3. Place the mouse pointer on the icon which corresponds to where you want the document to be positioned. The position your document will be placed is shown as a grayed out area corresponding to where the mouse pointer is placed.

Arrangement Icons

Table: Arrangement Icons and their Meaning
Icon Meaning
Arrange document or tool window as tab in the current area
Arrange document or tool window as a document in tab form within the document window
Arrange tool window as a separate area within the tool window area