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Customizing the Workspace

One of the benefits of Flare's user interface is that it is flexible and easy to customize to meet your needs. Following are some of the ways you can customize the workspace.

For a video demonstration, see Video Tutorial - Touring the Flare Workspace.

Moving, docking, and floating window panes

Simply because a window pane is attached to the left or right side of the program window by default, this does not mean it has to stay there.

Moving window panes You can move a window pane by clicking the "Drag Pane" section (located in the upper-left corner of the window pane) and dragging the window pane where you want it.
Floating window panes If you drop the window pane at a random location in the program window, it becomes a "floating" window. (You can also create a floating window by clicking in the element and selecting Window>Floating.)
Docking window panes "Docking" a window pane means to "attach it" to a particular part of the program window. To do this, move the floating window pane by clicking in the title bar of the window pane, drag it to the edge where you want to dock it, and drop it onto one of the blue arrows or bulls eyes that appear in the interface.
Send to main dock You can quickly move a window pane to the main area of the interface (the middle, where the editors are displayed). Simply right-click on the title bar of the window pane and select Send To Main Dock.

Auto-Hiding window panes

In the top-right corner of every window pane, you will see a small button that looks like a pin . If you click this button, the window pane is hidden (or "pinned" to the edge of the program window). However, you can still see the title of the window pane along the edge of the program window. When you hover over the title, the window pane temporarily displays again until you move the mouse off the window pane. Click the button again to "un-pin" the window pane.

Resizing user interface elements

You can easily resize the program window, dialog windows, and floating window panes in Flare by clicking the edge of the element and dragging the mouse to the desired size. You can also resize drop-down menus in the same way.

Working with layouts

When you move window panes around in the interface, the configuration (or "layout") of the workspace is changed. Flare lets you save different layouts of the interface, in case you want to use one layout for a certain purpose and a different layout for another purpose.

example

Let's say that you want to use one layout for creating topics and adding content, and another layout for indexing. You could save one layout and name it "Topics," and then save the other layout, naming it "Indexing."

For more information (including steps on saving, selecting, and resetting layouts), see Window Layouts.

Customizing column information

In certain window panes, information is presented in a grid. You can configure these grids to change the way the information is displayed. For example, you can hide or show certain columns, set a background color for a column, or increase the width for a column.

See Customizing Column Information.