Most palettes can be docked to any of the four drawing window edges, or snapped to other docked palettes. The Object Info palette, Resource Browser, Attributes palette, and Working Planes palette can only be docked to the left and right window edges. On Mac, only Tool and Snapping palettes can dock to the top and bottom of the document window.
On Windows, the ability to dock palettes is enabled by default in the Session tab of the Vectorworks Preferences dialog box. Deselect this option to disable docking. See Setting Vectorworks Preferences for more information.
On Mac, the functionality to dock palettes to each other or the document window is enabled by default. Deselect Window > Palette Options > Palettes can dock to document window; to disable docking to other palettes in the drawing area, deselect Window > Palette Options > Palettes can dock to each other.
Palette docking is only enabled in the Vectorworks program when Single Application Mode is active on the Mac.
To dock a palette by dragging it:
Drag the title bar of the desired palette towards the edge of the application window.
On Windows, the palette’s view switches to a gray outline. When the palette is in range of a window edge, the outline changes shape to represent the new docked shape.
On Mac, when the palette is in range of a window edge, the edge is highlighted in blue to indicate the location of the palette upon docking.
Move the palette (Mac) or palette’s outline (Windows) to the edge of the docking location and release. Currently docked palettes adjust their location along the edge to accommodate the new palette.
To prevent a palette from docking, hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Option key (Mac) while dragging the palette near an edge.
To dock palettes together in the drawing area (Mac only):
Drag the title bar of an undocked palette towards another undocked palette; when the palettes are in range, the closest edge is highlighted in blue to indicate the docking location.
Two groups of docked palettes in the drawing area cannot be docked together; undock one group of palettes and dock each separately to the other group.
To undock a palette by dragging it:
Drag the title bar of the desired palette away from the edge.
On Windows, the palette’s view switches to a gray outline. When the palette is out of window edge range, the outline changes shape to represent the new undocked shape.
Drag the palette to the desired location within the drawing area.
To dock or undock a palette by double-clicking (Windows only):
Double-click a palette’s title bar.
If the palette was undocked, double-clicking docks it in its previous location. If the palette was docked, double-clicking undocks it and moves it to its previous location in the drawing area.
To toggle the docked/undocked status, double-click the palette’s title bar again.
Once configured, palette positions can be saved; see Saving Initial Palette Positions and Settings.
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