Docking and undocking tools and message windows

You can dock a tool or message window to fix it in place in the user interface. You can dock

  • Performance Explorer, Scenario Explorer, Graph Explorer, Report Explorer, or Graphlet Explorer in the upper half of the Console.
  • General Status message window, MVP System Service, or Scenario Explorer message window in the lower half of the console. 

You can resize the docking area by dragging its borders.

You can also undock, move, and resize these tools and windows. When you reopen Performance Predictor the tool and message windows revert to the state they were in when you last closed the application—docked, undocked, maximized, or minimized.

If you undock several tools, you can arrange them so that all are visible at the same time. 

To undock or undock a window

  1. If necessary, click 
    1. Tools List to display the tool buttons
    2. Tools Status to display the message window buttons 
  2. Right-click either the tool button or the window title bar (for example Scenario Explorer or General Status title bars) if the window is already open in the console. In the context menu, choose eithe

    • Dock Window
    • Undock Window

When a tool is visible in the console, you can right-click the title bar of the tool and then click Dock Window or Undock Window . 


 

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