The Window menu

This menu contains commands for moving between open files and for arranging document windows on the screen.

Next

This command lets you cycle through the open files. HoTMetaL PRO orders the open files according to the time they were opened. When you invoke Next, the file that was opened most recently after the current file, and has not yet been closed, becomes the current file. If the current file is the most recently opened file, then the least recently opened file becomes the current file.

You may also make a file active by clicking on its document window, or by selecting it from the list of open files that appears at the end of the Window menu (see below).

Previous

This command is similar to Next, but it makes the file that was opened most recently before the current file, and has not yet been closed, the current file.

Cascade

This command causes all the document windows (including those for context and structured views) to be cascaded, in the order in which the files were most recently active. That is, the active file is displayed at the front, the file that was next most recently active is displayed behind it, slightly above and to the left, and so forth.

Tile

This command causes all the document windows (including those for context and structured views) to be tiled. That is, the windows will be arranged in a column of non-overlapping, equal-sized windows down the frame. The active document will be on top. If there are more than three open documents, the windows will be arranged in several columns, with the active document at the top left.

Tile vertically

This command is similar to Tile, but causes all the document windows to be arranged in a row of non-overlapping, equal-sized windows across the frame. The active document will be on the left. If there are more than three open documents, the windows will be arranged in columns, with the active document at the top left.

Arrange icons

If some document windows have been iconified, this command will cause the icons to be arranged in a row at the bottom of the frame.

Filenames in the Windows menu

Every open document (including context and structure views) will cause a menu item consisting of the document name to be added to the Windows menu. Selecting the document name will cause that document to become active. Each document name is preceded by a number. This number is the mnemonic for the menu item, that is, typing the number while the Windows menu is open is the same as selecting the menu item.