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The "Window position preview" pane

Overview

Displaying the "Window position preview" pane

Opening mode and position of the windows

See also

"Preset controls" pane

"Project explorer" pane

"Results of tests" pane

"Trace of debugger" pane

The "Business rules" pane

The "Code snippets" pane

The "Code" pane

The "Commands" pane

The "Compilation errors" pane

The "Context-sensitive view of code" pane

The "Debugger" pane

The "Dictionary" pane

The "Favorites" pane

The "Find - Replace" pane

The "Image catalog" pane

The "Images" pane

The "Interactive zoom" pane

The "Messaging" pane

The "Modifier"pane

The "Plane mode" pane

The "Project Monitoring Center" pane

The "Project TreeView" pane

The "Quality Control Center" pane

The "Site directory" pane

The "Task list" pane

The "UML analysis" pane

The "Window position preview" pane

The "Wizards, Examples and Components" pane

Toolbar for controlling the panes

Overview
Displaying the "Window position preview" pane
Opening mode and position of the windows
Modifying the opening mode of a window
Defining the opening position of a window in the "Window position preview" pane

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The "Window position preview" pane

Overview

The "Window position preview" pane is used to view and/or modify the opening position of the windows currently modified (according to the screen resolution used).

The popup menu (right mouse click) of the "Window position preview" pane offers the following options:

Visible resolutions: Makes it possible to view one or more resolutions used when the application is deployed ("1024x768", "1152x864", ... in the above example). These resolutions are represented by dots.
Reference resolutions: Makes it possible to view a reference resolution ("1280x1024" in the example above). This resolution is represented by a blue line.
Visible resolution text: Shows or not the characteristics of the displayed resolutions.
Selection of window opening mode (centered with respect to the screen, maximized, etc.). See Modifying the opening mode of the windows for more details.

Displaying the "Window position preview" pane

To display the "Window position preview" pane, select "Tools .. Options .. Options of the environment", "Panes" tab and check "Window position preview".To display the "Window position preview" pane, on the "Home" pane, in the "Environment" group, expand "Panes" and select "Window position preview".

For example:

See Handling the dockable panes for more details.

Opening mode and position of the windows

The different opening modes are as follows:

Centered / screen: the window is centered in the screen.
Centered / parent: the window is centered in relation to the calling window.
Relative to the screen: the window is opened at the position defined in the "Window position preview" pane.
Relative to the parent: the window is opened at the position defined in the "Window position preview" pane. This position is relative to the calling window.
Maximized: the window is opened in full screen.
Off-screen: the window is not visible in the screen.

Modifying the opening mode of a window

To modify the opening mode of a window:

Select the window in the "Window position preview" pane.
Note: To appear in the "Window position preview" pane, the windows must be opened in the window editor.
Display the popup menu (right mouse click).
Select the requested opening mode.

Defining the opening position of a window in the "Window position preview" pane

To define the opening position of a window in the "Window position preview" pane:

Select the window in the "Window position preview" pane.
Note: To appear in the "Window position preview" pane, the windows must be opened in the window editor.
Keep the left mouse button down.
Move the window to the requested position and release the mouse button.

Note: The opening mode and position of a window can also be defined in the "GUI" tab of description window ("Description" from the popup menu of window).