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
 
1 

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.

2 

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.

3 

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.

4 

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.

5 

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

6 

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

7 

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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