Docking and Undocking Windows

The IDE provides dockable windows, which can be embedded as a tabbed pane in another window or can float in the workspace area. For example, when you first start the IDE, the Filesystems, Project Default, Javadoc, and Runtime windows are docked in the Explorer window. The Source Editor is a floating window.

Other examples of dockable windows are:
Component Inspector Form Editor
Debugger window Output window
Source Editor window Properties window
Explorer window
Window positions are saved with the workspace and the project. The next time you open the workspace or project, the windows appear exactly as you left them. (Dialog boxes, such as the New Template Chooser, are not saved as part of the workspace or project because they are modal.)

To dock a floating window:

  1. Click the window you want to dock.

  2. From the main window, choose Window Dock View Into and a window name.

To undock a window from its present location:

  1. Click the window.

  2. From the main window, choose Window Undock View.
Toolbars are also movable. You can drag a toolbar to a different location in the main window by holding down the mouse button over its drag area ( ).
See also
Configuring the IDE

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