To display the Docking bar: Choose Window > Docking Bar >
Show Docking Bar. When you display the Docking bar, the palettes
that were docked the last time it was displayed will remain docked.
To hide the Docking bar: Choose Window > Docking Bar >
Hide Docking Bar.
Docking palettes
When you dock a palette, a tab with the palettes name appears on the
Docking bar. The tabs of docked palettes give you quick access to
tools or features. Docked palettes also leave more screen space.
You can dock most Canvas palettes, including tool palettes (see
Tool palettes, page 9.82). You can dock other palettes from the
Toolbox, including the Inks, Strokes, Transparency, and Brushes pal-
ettes. You can also dock command or effects palettes such as Align,
Blend, Envelope, Object Specs, and Type. Dialog boxes that require
you to click OK or Cancel before continuing cant be docked.
You can dock as many palettes as you want on the Docking bar,
depending on the size of your screen (see To adjust the size of tabs
on the docking bar, page 9.86).
To dock a palette: Drag the palette to the Docking bar and drop
it when a tab outline appears or click the docking button located in
the upper right corner of the palette. To dock a tool palette from the
Toolbox, first drag the palette away from the Toolbox so its title bar
appears, drop tool palette on desktop, and then drag the palette onto
the Docking bar.
To change the position of a docked palette: Drag the pal-
ettes tab to another position on the Docking bar.
To remove a docked palette: Drag its tab away from the
Docking bar.
To dock all open palettes: Choose Window > Docking Bar >
Dock All Palettes.
To dock palettes when closed: Choose Window > Docking
Bar > Dock Palettes When Closed.
To arrange docked palettes: Choose Window > Docking Bar
> Clean Up to arrange the tabs of docked palettes evenly on the
Docking bar.
Drag a palette to the Docking bar
Docking button
Tip
To dock a palette in Mac OS 9,
you can only drag the palette
to the Docking bar.
Tip
To access the Docking bar
commands, you can also Con-
trol-click (Mac) or right-click
(Windows) an empty area of
the Docking bar.