5.  Dialogs and Docking
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5.  Dialogs and Docking

5.1.  Creating Docking Dialogs

You can dock several windows into a same window. You can do this in more than one way, particularly by using the File → Dialogs menu from the Main Toolbox, or by using the Add command in the Tab menu from any dialog. As a convenience, there are also three pre-built docks you can create using the File → Dialogs → Create New Dock menu path from the Main Toolbox:

Layers, Channels and Paths

This gives you a dock containing:

  • The Channels dialog

  • The Layers dialog

  • The Paths dialog

  • The Undo dialog

Brushes, Patterns and Gradients

This gives you a dock containing:

  • The Brushes dialog

  • The Patterns dialog

  • The Gradients dialog

  • The Palettes dialog

  • The Fonts dialog

Misc. Stuff

This gives you a dock containing:

  • The Buffers dialog

  • The Images dialog

  • The Document History dialog

  • The Image Templates dialog

[Tip] Tip

Just because you have a lot of flexibility does not mean that all choices are equally good. There are at least two things we recommend:

  1. Keep the Tool Options dialog docked directly beneath the Main Toolbox at all times.

  2. Keep the Layers dialog around at all times, in a separate dock from the Main Toolbox, with an Image Menu above it. (Use ΓÇ£Show Image MenuΓÇ¥ in the dialog Tab menu to display the Image menu if you have somehow lost it.)

[Note] Note

See also Dialogs and Docking

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