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Using context menus
In addition to the menus at the top of your screen, context menus display commands
relative to the active tool or selected item.
To display context menus:
1 Position the pointer over the footage or over a label in a palette or window, such as a
button in the Time Controls palette.
2 Click the right mouse button (Windows) or press Control and hold down the mouse
button (Mac OS).
Using windows
Many After Effects windows are organized in groups by default. You can customize and
display these windows in certain ways depending on the type of window:
Composition window The title of a Composition window appears as a tab under the
group window's title bar. By default, Composition windows are grouped into one window.
You can combine Composition windows with Layer and Footage windows.
Layer and Footage windows As with Composition windows, the title of a Layer or
Footage window appears as a tab under the group window's title bar. By default, Layer
and Footage windows are grouped into one window. They can also be combined with the
Composition windows and other Layer and Footage windows.
Timeline windows Each composition name appears as a tab in the Timeline window. You
can combine Timeline windows only with other Timeline windows.
Effect Controls windows By default, effects you apply to layers are grouped in one Effect
Controls window. You can combine Effect Controls tabs only with other Effect Controls
windows.
Project window You cannot group Project windows with any other windows.
Reorganizing windows
Use the following techniques to reorganize windows:
To change the default from grouped windows to ungrouped windows, choose Edit >
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Preferences > General, deselect Tabbed Windows, and click OK.
To rearrange or separate a group window, drag the tab for a window.
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To move a window to another group window, drag its tab to that group.
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To group Layer or Footage windows with Composition windows by default, open a
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Layer or Footage window and choose Window > Group Tab with Comps.
To display a window menu, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette or
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window (not available for all windows or palettes).
To resize a window, drag any edge (Windows) or drag its lower right corner (Mac OS).
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If a window contains more grouped windows than After Effects can display at once,
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drag the slider bar that appears above the tabs.
To open a Timeline window from its Composition window (and vice versa), select the
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tab for the window and then click the Comp Family button above the vertical scroll bar.
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