Configure a layout: add slide-in panes

You can add up to a maximum of four slide-in panes to a layout.

To add slide-in panes to a layout

1. Open a layout in the Layout Editor.

   The Layout Editor shows four Add buttons with a plus sign at each side of a layout.

2. Select the square on the side of the layout in which you want to add a slide-in pane.

   The added slide-in pane appears next to the layout.

   

All standard layout configuration operations can be done to a slide-in pane. The one exception is that a slide-in pane cannot be set as the layout’s default pane.

Slide-in panes are included in a layout’s maximum pane count. If the maximum pane count has been reached, the pane Add buttons are disabled within the Layout Editor.

A slide-in pane always spans the full height or width of a layout window. A slide-in pane can be divided into smaller panes, but the frame of the slide-in pane is always the full width or height of the layout window.

The initial width of a slide-in pane on the left or right is 25% of the layout’s width, and the initial height of a slide-in pane on the top or bottom is 25% of the layout’s height.

When the dimensions of a layout are resized, slide-in panes are resized accordingly. When the width is changed, the top or bottom slide-in panes are resized to match the new width. When a layout's height is changed, the left or right slide-in panes are resized to match the new height.

Right clicking a pane within the slide-in pane or selecting the Pane Options menu button and selecting Delete Slide-In Pane removes the slide-in pane from the layout. Any navigation actions associated with the slide-in pane are removed from the Action List. The default pane in the layout is selected and the layout is zoomed to fit.