The Docking Interface

The inmydata Dashboard Interface contains two types of objects, fixed objects and docking windows. You can adjust the viewing and editing space for the dashboard depending on how you arrange the windows in the Interface. The following options are just some of the ways windows can be arranged:

1. Dock docking windows to the edge of a frame in the Interface
2. Float docking windows over or outside the Interface.
3. Minimize docking windows along the edge of the Interface.
4. Hide docking windows altogether.
5. Reset docking window placement to the default layout.

Docking windows can be arranged by dragging, using commands on the ribbon and by right clicking the title bar of the window to be arranged.

Floating Windows

Any docking window can be undocked from the Interface and moved anywhere on the desktop. You can undock a docking window from the Interface in two different ways:

 Method 1

1. Press and hold the left mouse button over the title bar of the docked window.
2. Drag the window to a free area of the desktop.
3. Release the left mouse button

Method 2

Auto Hiding Windows

Docking windows support a feature called Auto Hide. Auto Hide causes a window to slide out of the way when you use a different window. When a window is Auto Hidden, its name is displayed on a tab at the edge of the Interface. To use the window, move the mouse over the tab so that it slides into view. By default, any data viewer windows will be auto-hidden at the bottom of the Interface.

To turn Auto Hide on

1. Press the right mouse button on the title bar of the window you want to hide to open the context menu.
2. Select Auto Hide.

As an alternative, you can click the pushpin icon on the title bar of the window.

To turn Auto Hide off

1. Press the right mouse button on the title bar of the window you want to hide to open the context menu.
2. Select Dock.

As an alternative, you can click the pushpin icon on the title bar of the window.

Docking Windows

 You can dock any docking window relative to the Interface, Work Area or another window. The Interface displays guide icons that appear when you start dragging a docking window.

The guide icon in the centre of the image on the right allows you to dock a window above, to the left, to the right and below the work area.

The guide icons around the edges of the image on the right allow you to dock a window on each edge of the Interface.

 When you drag a docking window over another docking window, the guide icon in the centre of the image on the right appears.

This guide icon allows you to dock the window above or below, or to the left or right of the window. It also gives the option to stack the docking windows, giving a single tabbed docking window.

To dock windows in the Interface, follow these steps:

1. Click and hold the left mouse button over the title bar of a non Auto Hidden docking window.
2. Drag the window until an appropriate guide icon appears, then continue dragging until the mouse is over the appropriate guide icon.
3. Release the mouse button.

Hiding Docking Windows

 If you are short of space on your desktop, you can hide docking windows altogether and re-establish them when required.

Follow these steps to hide docking windows:

1. Select the Show/Hide button from the Application Settings tab on the ribbon.
2. Uncheck the menu item that relates to the window you wish to hide, or press Hide All to hide all docking windows.

As an alternative, you can press the close icon in the top right corner or the docking window.

To re-establish a window that has previously been hidden, follow these steps:

1. Select the Show/Hide button from the Application Settings tab on the ribbon.
2. Check the menu item that relates to the window you wish to hide, or press Show All to show all docking windows.

Resetting the default docking layout

To reset the default docking layout, follow these steps: