Multi-Pane Windows
The system screen can display many windows, some of which are made up of multiple panes, divided by splitters. A window can contain up to four panes. Each pane houses a functional component of Desigo CC (such as a browser for navigating and selecting system objects, a viewer for displaying site floor plans or tools for inspecting the properties of objects).
1 | Selection pane (vertically along the left). Also referred to as Navigation pane. |
2 | Primary pane (to the right of the Selection pane). |
3 | Secondary pane (opens when required, alongside the Primary pane). |
4 | Contextual pane (underneath the Primary and Secondary panes, divided into two parts). |
5 | Status bar (along the bottom of the window). This bar displays status/update messages ( |
Pane and Window Controls
You can arrange panes of a window in different layouts or interact with a window and its panes in various ways. These include:
- Click the icons on the window title bar top to minimize, restore down, or maximize the window.
- Click the icons on the window title bar to quickly switch between the available preset layouts:
- : Selection, Primary, and Contextual panes. The Secondary pane displays only if it is already open.
- : Selection, Primary, and Contextual panes
- : Selection and Primary panes
- : Primary, and Contextual panes. The Secondary pane displays only if it is already open.
- : Primary pane only
- Resize the panes in a layout by dragging the splitters, or expand/collapse a pane by clicking the button on the splitter .
- Click the icon to lock the window layout . When the layout is locked, clicking one of the layout icons will not have any effect; this means that you cannot change the current layout, and resize, expand, or collapse the panes of the window.
- Normally, the Secondary pane opens on demand, when you make a selection that requires it.
- When the Secondary pane opens, it takes up half the space that would otherwise be allotted to the Primary pane.
- You can prevent the Secondary pane from opening by clicking the pushpin icon and locking the Primary pane. When the Primary pane is locked , any selections (such as Related Items) that would normally display in the Secondary pane are instead redirected to the Primary pane.