Hiding/Showing panels

You can hide/show individual or multiple panels. This is useful if you want to see more of the music area, for example.

Procedure

Hide individual panels or all panels in the following ways:
  • To hide/show the left panel:

    Press Ctrl/Cmd-7.

    Click its disclosure arrow.

    Choose Window > Show Left Panel.

  • To hide/show the right panel:

    Press Ctrl/Cmd-9.

    Click its disclosure arrow.

    Choose Window > Show Right Panel.

  • To hide/show the bottom panel:

    Press Ctrl/Cmd-8.

    Click its disclosure arrow.

    Choose Window > Show Bottom Panel.

  • To hide/show all panels:

    Press Ctrl/Cmd-0.

    Click Hide/Restore Panels.

    Choose Window > Hide/Restore Panels.

You can hide/show the panel whose icon is currently selected in the Notations toolbox in any of the following ways:

Result

The corresponding panels are hidden/shown. Panels are hidden when no tick is shown beside the corresponding panel in the menu, and shown when a tick is shown in the menu.

If you hide all active panels, the button changes its look and displays which panels are hidden. For example, the Hide/Restore Panels button in the toolbar indicates that all panels were active and are now hidden.