Using the Palettes Toolbar

Displaying the Palettes Toolbar

By default, the Palettes toolbar displays on the right of the application, but you can also place the Palettes toolbar on the left, or at the top or bottom like any other Mari toolbar. You can choose to display the Palettes toolbar with its icons only (see image on the left) or the extended Palettes toolbar with its icons and palette names (see image on the far left) by toggling the Show/Hide buttons. You can display the extended Palettes toolbar only on the left-and right-hand side of the application.

Opening/Maximizing Palettes

Palettes open in one of two modes from the Palettes toolbar; Pinned or Floating. The palettes have three open states; docked, floating, and temporarily floating states. From the Palettes toolbar, choose in which mode to open palettes and then click on them:

• Use the Pin Palette mode to open palettes in a docked and/or floating state so that they remain visible while you work on your project. To find out how to dock or make your palettes float, see Choosing and Organizing Palettes.

The palettes open where they were last closed in docked or floating state.

Note:  In Pin Palette mode, palettes do not display the Pin/Unpin Palette button as switching currently-opened, docked palettes to temporarily floating state is impossible.

• Use the Float Palette mode to open palettes in a temporarily floating state for you to edit some options before resuming painting. Your palette opens when you click on its icon or name and disappears when you move your cursor away from the palette.

If a palette is already docked in the application, it maximizes or minimizes it. If a palette is stacked under another palette, it displays it on top of the stack.

While in Float Palette mode, you can open a palette in a temporarily floating state and then decide to pin the palette using the Pin/Unpin Palette button.

Note:  Switching between Pin Palette and Float Palette modes doesn't affect the palettes that are already open.

When a palette is closed, its background in the Palettes toolbar is dark gray, and when it is open it is darker gray.

Closing/Minimizing Palettes

The behavior for closing palettes varies depending on the palette opening modes and palette open states:

• Pin Palette mode - clicking the palettes' icon or name closes floating palettes. Clicking the palettes' icon or name minimizes the docked palettes.

• Float Palette mode - clicking the palettes' icon or name closes floating and temporarily floating palettes. Clicking the palettes' icon or name minimizes the docked palettes.

Note:  To know more about organizing your palettes, see Choosing and Organizing Palettes. For details on the Palettes toolbar's controls, see Toolbars.