Working with Panels and Palettes

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To group panels into palettes

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To show or hide a panel or palette

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To expand or collapse a panel

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To resize a panel or palette

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To dock or undock a palette

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To access additional panel options

Working with Panels and Palettes

You can rearrange the display of panels to better match your workflow. For example, you can group task-related panels together in one palette. At any time, you can further customize these palettes by adding or removing a panel, repositioning a panel, or moving a panel to another palette.

You can easily display a panel when you need it, and you can quickly close a panel when you’re done. If you want to save screen space, but keep the panels and palettes displayed (in the application window), you can collapse or resize them.

Most panels in Corel Painter contain option menus from which you can access a series of related commands. For example, you can use the options menu in the Paper controls panel to capture, make, and invert paper textures.

A typical palette features a header bar (1), panel tabs (2), and a Panel Options button (3).

The contents of the Color panel. By default, the Color panel is open and is grouped in a palette with the Mixer and Color Sets.

To group panels into palettes

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Perform a task from the following table.


To	Do the following
Group panels into a palette	Drag a panel by its tab to another open panel to create a group.
Add a panel to a palette	Drag the panel tab to the palette.
Remove a panel from a palette	Drag the panel tab out of the palette.
Reposition a panel in a palette	Drag the panel tab to a new location in the palette.

To show or hide a panel or palette

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Perform an action from the following table.


To	Do the following
Show or hide a panel from a menu	Choose Window [Panel name].
Hide an open panel	Click the Close button on the panel tab.
Hide an open palette	Click the Close button on the header bar.

When you choose Window

Show Panels, only the panels that were open when you chose Hide Panels are displayed.

You can restore a previously hidden palette by choosing Window, and choosing the name of a panel that is contained in the palette.

To expand or collapse a panel

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Double-click the panel tab.

To resize a panel or palette

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Perform a task from the following table.


To	Do the following
Resize a panel or palette proportionally	Point to the lower right corner of the panel or palette. When the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow, drag the panel or palette to resize it.
Resize a panel or palette vertically	Point to the lower edge of the panel or palette. When the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow, drag the edge of the palette to resize it.
Resize a panel or palette horizontally	Point to the right edge of a panel or palette header. When the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow, drag the edge of the panel or palette to resize it.

To dock or undock a palette

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Perform a task from the following table.


To	Do the following
Dock a palette	Drag the palette header bar to the edge of the application window. The palette snaps into place when it lines up with the edge.
Undock a palette	Drag the palette header bar to another location in the workspace.

To access additional panel options

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In the panel, click the Panel Options button

, and choose an option.

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 12, and are not included in Painter Lite. Visit www.corel.com/painter for more information about Corel Painter 12.