.. index: Panels and Views, Panels, Views

.. _panels-views-label:

Panels and Views
================

All views, or screen layouts, have a main panel to which auxiliary panels can be docked.  Several views are pre-defined and they appear when clicking icons in the left column symbolizing the :ref:`work-flow-label`.  Icons for the advanced panels appear when selected in the ``advanced`` pull-down menu.  To removed the advanced icons, select again in the pull-down menu.

Different panels appear when you click ``Settings`` buttons, or they can be chosen from the ``Analysis`` pull-down menu.  You can add these panels to the views, or rearrange the panels in a view according to your desire.  Movable panels have a shaded grab-bar on top, where the panel name is located.  These panels can be free-floating, or you can dock them to a particular view.

* To un-dock a panel, click-and-drag the panel bar.  Release when it is un-docked and it will be free-floating.  A double-click on the panel bar will also un-dock the panel.

* To dock a panel, click-and-drag the panel bar of a free-floating panel and panel position icons will appear.  Move your mouse cursor to the desired dock location on the icon, and your screen will show a shaded area.  Upon release the panel will dock to the shaded area.

.. image:: figures/panel_doc.png
   :width: 80%
   :align: center