FreeHand Basics > Using panels

 

Using panels

FreeHand panels float on top of the pasteboard and can be repositioned anywhere onscreen. You can move, separate, or combine these customizable tabbed panels by dragging their tabs. To make a panel active, you click the panel's tab.

You can also zip and unzip panels by clicking the Maximize or Minimize button (Windows) or the Zoom box (Macintosh).

Panel controls (Windows)

 

Panel controls (Macintosh)
 

The following panels and inspectors are grouped together:

Object, Stroke, Fill, Text, and Document inspectors

Swatches, Layers, and Styles panels

Color Mixer and Tints panels

The Halftones and Library panels are not grouped with any other panels by default, but you can group them if you wish.

To switch between open panels (Windows):

Press Control+Tab.

To show or hide all open panels:

Choose View > Panels.

To group panels:

Drag a panel by its tab to another panel or panel group.

To remove a panel from a group:

Drag the panel by its tab from the panel group.

To return panels to their default positions:

1

Exit FreeHand.

2

Locate the English folder within the FreeHand 10 application folder and delete the Fhprefs.txt (Windows) or Preferences (Macintosh) file.

To store panels in a zipped or unzipped position:

1

Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Panels.

2

Select Remember Location of Zipped Panels.

When this option is selected, a zipped panel can be stored in one location and return to is original location when unzipped.