To manage the display of windows and forms

Purpose

You can rearrange the display of windows and forms to optimize your workspace. You can also save window layouts in custom workspaces; see To customize window layouts.

Open windows and forms display an icon on the NFM-P taskbar, and are listed in the Window menu of the NFM-P main menu. You can resize, minimize, activate, and close windows and forms using standard OS methods. The following procedure describes additional methods for managing internal windows and forms.

Steps
 

To open the navigation tree, perform one of the following:

  1. Click the toolbar icon for the required window.

    If the toolbar is hidden, you can modify user preferences to show the toolbar; see To configure NFM-P user preferences . If the toolbar does not contain the required icon, see information about custom workspaces in Chapter 2, NFM-P custom workspaces .

  2. Choose Application, then the name of the required window from the NFM-P main menu.

  3. Use the shortcut keys; see Shortcut keys and accessibility in GUI overview .

You can open multiple navigation tree windows.


To make a window or form the active window, choose Window from the NFM-P main menu, then choose the name of the required window.


To arrange multiple open forms so that they overlap, perform one of the following:

  1. Choose Window→Cascade & Reset to Preferred Sizes from the NFM-P main menu. The forms are displayed overlapping in their existing sizes, showing the titlebar for each form.

  2. Choose Window→Cascade from the NFM-P main menu. The forms are displayed overlapping and equally sized, showing the titlebar for each form.


To arrange multiple open forms without overlapping, perform one of the following:

  1. Choose Window→Tile Vertical from the NFM-P main menu. The forms are displayed side by side.

  2. Choose Window→Tile Horizontal from the NFM-P main menu. The forms are displayed one above the other.

  3. Choose Window→Tile Square from the NFM-P main menu. The forms are displayed in a grid.


To minimize all open windows and forms to the taskbar, choose Window→Minimize All from the NFM-P main menu.


To restore windows and forms to their preferred settings, choose Window→Reset to Preferred Sizes from the NFM-P main menu.


To close all open windows and forms, choose Window→Close All Internal Windows from the NFM-P main menu. External windows are not affected.

When you close all internal windows, the navigation tree is closed. To reopen it, see Step 1 .

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