Sheet Metal Guy Blog

02 Aug 2007 03:17:49 pm
Toolbar Location and Display
If you need a lot of screen space, then this tip will be very valuable. Once you drag a toolbar near an edge of the SolidWorks window, it automatically wants to dock to the corresponding side. What if you don't want it to dock? Let's try it! To undock a toolbar and move it to a new location, place the cursor at the start of the toolbar. Each docked toolbar will have two lines either at the start or the top of the toolbar, depending on the toolbar orientation. When the cursor is over the two lines, it will change from a single arrow cursor to a four-way arrow cursor. Hold down the left mouse button and drag a toolbar into the middle of the graphics area and release the mouse button. The toolbar is left in place floating (undocked). If you drag the toolbar to any side of the screen, the outline becomes narrower. When you release the left mouse button, the toolbar becomes docked. Now try this. Double click on the header of the toolbar. Double clicking the start or title bar of a toolbar moves the toolbar back to its previous position. Pretty Cool! Place the cursor at the start of the toolbar again. This time, hold down the Ctrl key and drag the toolbar on top of the right side of the CommandManager. Release the mouse button and then the Ctrl key. Holding down the Ctrl key prevents the toolbar from docking. Now you can place the toolbar wherever you want on your screen and not have the size of the graphics area shrink.
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