View Functions

A list of functions for changing your view and saving layouts can be found in the table below.

Function	How to access it	What it does	Opens this dialog box	Notes
Set the display properties	• Right-click \| main canvas > Display Properties • Menubar \| View > Display Properties	Opens a dialog box allowing you to control how the main canvas displays.	Display Properties Dialog
Save the current layout	• Menubar \| View > Save Layout	Saves the current layout of your Mari workspace as a *.mws file.	Save Window Layout	Saves the position of palettes and other elements of the GUI.
Open a saved layout	• Menubar \| View > Load Layout	Opens a saved layout (*.mws file).	Load Window Layout	By default, Mari starts with the last-used layout.
Revert to the default layout	• Menubar \| View > Default Layout	Resets the layout back to the Mari default.
Save image of current canvas	• Menubar \| View > Take Screenshot	Saves the current view of the canvas as an image file.		Various image formats available.
Adjust the screenshot settings	• Menubar \| View > Screenshot Settings	Opens a dialog box that allows you to set how screenshots are saved.	Screenshot Settings
Hide docked palettes	• Menubar \| View > Hide Palettes • Keyboard \| Space bar	Hides all docked palettes, so the canvas takes up the entire workspace.		The Space bar cycles between showing all palettes, hiding undocked palettes, and hiding all palettes.
Hide GUI components on canvas	• Keyboard \| /	Hides displayed information (such as the histogram, heads-up display, etc) from the canvas.
View a particular palette	• Menubar \| View > Palettes ><palette name> • Right-click \| Menubar or Toolbar > <palette name>	Displays the selected palette.		The palette re-displays in its last position.
Enter full screen mode	• Menubar \| View > Full Screen	Enters full screen mode		Click View > Full Screen to exit full screen mode.