Preferences > Interface > Palette/ Shelves layout

Setting Palette and Shelf Layout

This tool tiles your Tool Palette, Shelf, and Alias windows.

Tip: If you close the Tool Palette or Tool Shelf, click on their entries in the Windows menu to reopen them.

For information on how to use the tool palette and shelves, see Using the Tool Palette and the Shelf on page 23.

How to Use

Select Preferences > Interface > Palette/Shelves layout- to display the Palette/Shelves Layout Options box.

To re-tile your Alias windows back to the options you've chosen, double-click on the Preferences menu title.

Palette/Shelves Layout Options

Palette Position/Shelf Position

Click a radio button to change the default display of the Tool Palette and Shelf. You can choose either the Left, Right, Bottom, or Top of the screen.

Use these settings in conjunction with the settings in the Interface Options box (Preferences > Interface > Interface options-).

Icons Per Row

If your Palette or Shelf position is vertical (either Left or Right), click to display the popup menu from which you can select to display the icons one, two, or three across.
Tip: When bringing icons onto your shelf from File menu tools, most will contain the picture of a file folder with a colored tab. The colored tab makes it easier to distinguish between the various types of files handled by these tools.
For example, the icon for File > Import > Cloud has a folder with a purple tab drawn on it.

Keep Alias Window Size

In the vertical format, you can maintain the current Alias window size and position by clicking this toggle ON.

Maintain Current Layout

You can maintain the current Palette and Shelf sizes and positions by clicking this toggle ON.

All windows is toggled ON by default, so that the titlebar and border settings apply to all Alias windows.

All windows

If toggled OFF, you can toggle the titlebar and border settings ON and OFF independently for the various types of Alias windows: Studio (the main Alias window), Palette , Shelves and Menus (marking menus).

Without the title bar and border, you have more room on the screen for using the modeling windows; however, you must use Alt- F7 to move the windows.

titlebar, border

By default, these settings are toggled ON for all windows. If titlebar is toggled OFF, the title bar is not drawn for affected windows; if border is toggled OFF, the windows' borders are not drawn.


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