Reference Guide

Window management
SONAR offers a lot of flexibility in the way you can arrange windows on your screen. This allows you
to adjust the viewing and editing space to suit your own needs. The following options are just some
of the ways you can arrange windows:
• Dock the Control Bar, Inspector and Browser to one of SONAR’s edges. For details, see “Docking
windows” on page 1042.
• Dock windows in the MultiDock. You can have as many views open in tabbed format as you want.
Instead of placing each view in its own window, you can group views by docking them in the
MultiDock. For details, see “MultiDock” on page 1046.
• Float views and move them outside of the confines of SONAR. This is particularly useful if you
take advantage of SONAR’s dual monitor support. For details, see “Floating views and using dual
video monitors” on page 1051.
• Open multiple instances of the same view type. For details, see “Locking views” on page 1052.
• Save window layouts as screenset presets and freely switch between screensets at any time. For
details, see “Screensets” on page 1054.
• Tile projects and windows. For details, see “Tiling windows” on page 1053.
• Instantly make the current view or plug-in transparent so you can easily access other windows
that may be hidden behind the current window. The X-Ray Windows feature eliminates the need
to constantly minimize, move, or close windows in order to work in other windows. For details, see
“X-Ray” on page 1059.
• Drag window frames to resize windows.
• Zoom in/out. For details, see “Zoom controls” on page 86.
• View SONAR in full screen mode. To do so, click the Window menu and choose Full Screen, or
press F11.
See:
“Docking windows” on page 1042
“MultiDock” on page 1046
“Floating views and using dual video monitors” on page 1051