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<p class="Head1">Hiding and Sticking Docked Windows <help:key-word value="hiding; windows" tag="kw65622_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="sticking; windows" tag="kw65622_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="windows; hiding and sticking" tag="kw65622_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Every <help:popup Id="65619" Eid="andocken" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">docked</help:popup> window has two icons on the edge near the Workplace. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>The icons can be used to control the view of the window.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can hide or show the window with the arrow button. The second button switches between a fixed and floating state. In the floating state, the window floats above the workplace so that the windows below it are partially covered. Switch to the fixed state to display the docked window next to the workplace.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If the window is docked to the left of the workplace, the following buttons appear depending on the state:</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Click the docked edge of a hidden window to open the window in AutoShow mode. In this mode, the window remains visible until you move the mouse outside. The window closes automatically when you move the mouse outside, for example to the Workplace (AutoHide). This happens whether the window is fixed or floating.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A window in AutoShow mode remains visible as long as the mouse is inside the window. You can change the size of a window in AutoShow mode without closing it. If the window is out of focus, it closes automatically.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you have docked several windows next to each other or on top of each other, AutoShow and AutoHide should operate the same way as for an individual window. In AutoShow mode, the windows remain visible as long as the mouse is inside any window or as long as one of the windows is in focus. You can also change the size of individual windows. This allows you to work with two windows at the same time in AutoShow mode.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Working with AutoShow and AutoHide is easy. In AutoShow mode, you can open list boxes, call up context menus, open and close dialogs without ever closing the window. AutoHide becomes active only when you no longer need the window.</p>
<p class="Head3">Drag and Drop</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When you drag an object over to the docked edge of a hidden window, the window opens in AutoShow mode. Drag and drop can be used at any time, whether the window is visible or hidden.</p>
