Manipulate the System Tree window

The Workspace page in the System Tree provides you with an overview of your work. By expanding the workspace and the objects it contains, you can see the content and structure of your target.

You can work directly with all the objects in the workspace. For example, you can edit, run, search, or regenerate a window using its pop-up menu in the System Tree. In this exercise you reposition, close, and open the System Tree. You can reposition the System Tree in relation to the main window using its drag bar. You can also change the way the System Tree, Clip, and Output windows are arranged.

  1. Click the Output () button in the PowerBar1 to display the Output window.

  2. Select Tools > System Options from the menu bar. Clear the Horizontal Dock Windows Dominate checkbox on the General page and click OK.

    The System Tree and Clip windows now occupy the full height of the main window.

  3. Click and hold the drag bar at the top of the System Tree. Drag the System Tree to position it above, below, or to the right of the painter workspace.

    The painter workspace is the gray (blank) area, initially to the right of the System Tree, where painters are displayed when you open an object.

    When you start dragging the System Tree, a gray rectangular outline is displayed. It indicates the area that the System Tree would occupy if you released the mouse button.

  4. When the gray rectangular outline is positioned where you want the System Tree to be displayed, release the mouse button.

    The System Tree is displayed in the new location.

  5. Close the System Tree by clicking the SysTree () button in the PowerBar1.

    The current workspace remains open, but the System Tree closes. Closing the System Tree leaves more space for the painter workspace views.

  6. Reopen the System Tree by clicking the SysTree button in the PowerBar1 again.

  7. Select Tools > System Options from the menu bar. Select the Horizontal Dock Windows Dominate checkbox on the General page and click OK.

    You change back to the default selection for this design-time property.

  8. Close the Clip and Output windows by clicking their buttons () and () on the PowerBar1 or by clicking the small x in the corner of each window.

  9. Right-click tutorial workspace and select Close from the pop-up menu.

    The workspace closes. No workspaces are displayed in the System Tree.