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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">6.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Dialogs and Docking</span>
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  39.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-using-docks"></a>6.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Dialogs and Docking</span>
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  50.               <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-using-docks-creating"></a>6.1.¬†
  51.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating Docking Dialogs</span>
  52.     </h3>
  53.             </div>
  54.           </div>
  55.         </div>
  56.         <p>
  57.       You can dock several windows into a same window. You can do this in
  58.       more than one way, particularly by using the
  59.       <span class="guimenu">File</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>
  60.       menu from the Main Toolbox, or by using the <span class="guimenu">Add</span>
  61.       command in the Tab menu from any dialog.  As a convenience, there
  62.       are also three pre-built docks you can create using the
  63.       <span class="guimenu">File</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu">Create New Dock</span>
  64.       menu path from the Main Toolbox:
  65.     </p>
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  67.           <dl>
  68.             <dt>
  69.               <span class="term">Layers, Channels and Paths</span>
  70.             </dt>
  71.             <dd>
  72.               <p>This gives you a dock containing:</p>
  73.               <div class="itemizedlist">
  74.                 <ul type="disc">
  75.                   <li>
  76.                     <p>The Channels dialog</p>
  77.                   </li>
  78.                   <li>
  79.                     <p>The Layers dialog</p>
  80.                   </li>
  81.                   <li>
  82.                     <p>The Paths dialog</p>
  83.                   </li>
  84.                   <li>
  85.                     <p>The Undo dialog</p>
  86.                   </li>
  87.                 </ul>
  88.               </div>
  89.             </dd>
  90.             <dt>
  91.               <span class="term">Brushes, Patterns and Gradients</span>
  92.             </dt>
  93.             <dd>
  94.               <p>This gives you a dock containing:</p>
  95.               <div class="itemizedlist">
  96.                 <ul type="disc">
  97.                   <li>
  98.                     <p>The Brushes dialog</p>
  99.                   </li>
  100.                   <li>
  101.                     <p>The Patterns dialog</p>
  102.                   </li>
  103.                   <li>
  104.                     <p>The Gradients dialog</p>
  105.                   </li>
  106.                   <li>
  107.                     <p>The Palettes dialog</p>
  108.                   </li>
  109.                   <li>
  110.                     <p>The Fonts dialog</p>
  111.                   </li>
  112.                 </ul>
  113.               </div>
  114.             </dd>
  115.             <dt>
  116.               <span class="term">Misc. Stuff</span>
  117.             </dt>
  118.             <dd>
  119.               <p>This gives you a dock containing:</p>
  120.               <div class="itemizedlist">
  121.                 <ul type="disc">
  122.                   <li>
  123.                     <p>The Buffers dialog</p>
  124.                   </li>
  125.                   <li>
  126.                     <p>The Images dialog</p>
  127.                   </li>
  128.                   <li>
  129.                     <p>The Document History dialog</p>
  130.                   </li>
  131.                   <li>
  132.                     <p>The Image Templates dialog</p>
  133.                   </li>
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  145.               <th align="left">Tip</th>
  146.             </tr>
  147.             <tr>
  148.               <td align="left" valign="top">
  149.                 <p>
  150.         Just because you have a lot of flexibility does not mean that all
  151.         choices are equally good. There are at least two things we recommend:
  152.       </p>
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  154.                   <ol type="1">
  155.                     <li>
  156.                       <p>
  157.             Keep the Tool Options dialog docked directly beneath the Main
  158.             Toolbox at all times.
  159.           </p>
  160.                     </li>
  161.                     <li>
  162.                       <p>
  163.             Keep the Layers dialog around at all times, in a separate dock
  164.             from the Main Toolbox, with an Image Menu above it. (Use
  165.             ‚Äú<span class="quote">Show Image Menu</span>‚Äù
  166.             in the dialog Tab menu to display the Image menu if you have
  167.             somehow lost it.)
  168.           </p>
  169.                     </li>
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  187.         See also
  188.         <a class="link" href="gimp-concepts-docks.html" title="2.3.¬† Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a>
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  210.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions</span>
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