When you open multiple toolpanes, you can display them in any of the following positions:

Individual docked or floating toolpanes

If you dock one toolpane in a vertical dock (left or right side) and another toolpane in a horizontal dock (top or bottom), the first toolpane you dock sizes to the full docking space, while the other toolpane resizes to fit the remaining docking space.

Stacked in a single docked or floating toolpane with multiple layers

Stacked toolpanes layer one on top of another, with the most recently opened toolpane on top.

The name of each toolpane in the stack appears in a tab at the bottom of the toolpane area. Clicking a tab moves that toolpane to the top of the stack so that you can view it. Both floating and docked toolpanes support stacking. When you move the stack, all of the toolpanes move at the same time.

Adjacent toolpanes sharing the same docked or floating area

Toolpanes can share the same docked or floating area. You can position toolpanes adjacent (side-by-side) to one another in any direction, above, below, left, or right. Adjacent toolpanes that share the same docked area (top/bottom for a vertically docked toolpane and left/right for a horizontally docked toolpane) display a Maximize icon in the title bar to expand the toolpane to the full docking area.

To stack toolpanes:

1. Drag one toolpane on top of the other until a set of toolpane icons appear on top of the dragged toolpane.
    
2. Drop the toolpane on the stack icon in the center of the toolpane icons.
    
3. To display a toolpane in the stack, click the tab of the toolpane.
    
4. To separate stacked toolpanes, drag the tab of the toolpane you want to move to another location in the work area.

To display adjacent toolpanes:

1. Drag one toolpane on top of the other until a set of toolpane icons appear on top of the dragged toolpane.
    
   The icons that appear on top of the dragged toolpane correspond to adjacent positions rather than the perimeter of the work area. For example, the Up icon places the dragged toolpane above the toolpane under it.
    
2. Drop the toolpane on the arrow icon corresponding to the desired adjacent position.
    
   Release the mouse button when the shaded image of the toolpane appears in the desired position.

Note: When you position a toolpane above or below a vertically docked toolpane, or to the left or right of a horizontally docked toolpane, a Maximize icon appears on the toolpane's title bar. Click to maximize a toolpane to fit the entire docked area or to restore it to a shared size.

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