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 the disclosure arrow on the left edge of the main window.

      Choose Window > Show Left Panel.

    • To hide/show the right panel:

      Press Ctrl/Cmd-9.

      Click the disclosure arrow on the right edge of the main window.

      Choose Window > Show Right Panel.

    • To hide/show the bottom panel:

      Press Ctrl/Cmd-8.

      Click the disclosure arrow at the bottom of the main window.

      Choose Window > Show Bottom Panel.

    • To hide/show all panels:

      Press Ctrl/Cmd-0.

      Click Hide/Restore Panels .

      Choose Window > Hide/Restore Panels.

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 Hide/Restore Panels button in the toolbar changes its look and indicates which panels were active but are now hidden.

Example

Figure 1. Appearance when panels are shown
Figure 2. Appearance when all panels were previously shown but are now all hidden