To Dock Or Group Panels; To Open A Panel In A Floating Window - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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Dragging panel (A) onto grouping zone (B) to group it with existing panels (C)

To dock or group panels

You dock and group panels by dragging them onto drop zones. As you drag a panel over a drop zone, the zone
becomes highlighted to provide a visual reference for the drop.
Drag the gripper area in the upper left corner of a panel's tab to move an individual panel. Drag the group gripper at
the upper right corner to move an entire group.
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Dragging panel gripper (A) to move one panel; dragging group gripper (B) to move entire group
1 Select the panel you want to dock or group by clicking its tab. If the panel is not visible, choose it from the Window
menu to open it.
Drag the panel by its tab onto the desired drop zone. The application docks or groups the panel, according to the
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type of drop zone.
See also
"Drop zones" on page 16

To open a panel in a floating window

You can open a panel in a floating window. You can add panels to the floating window or otherwise modify it, as you
do the application window. You can use floating windows to create a workspace like those in earlier versions of
Adobe applications, or to make use of a secondary monitor.
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Select the panel you want to open (if it's not visible, choose it from the Window menu), and then do one of the
following:
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Choose Undock Panel or Undock Frame from the panel menu. Undock Frame undocks the panel group.
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