The Simplify Console layout can be customized to suit your personal preference. To do this, click and hold the left mouse button on the title bar of the pane you wish to move. Move the mouse with the left button still depressed. Blue positioning markers will appear on the console. The markers display all of the possible locations that the pane can be moved to. Move the mouse over the marker of your preference. A transparent blue box will appear displaying the area in which the pane will now be located.

Note: the Objects pain can not be moved by dragging it with the mouse, however it will move to accommodate other panes when they are relocated. For instance, if you move the Owners pane to the right of the Objects pane, the Objects pane will move to the center allowing space to the right for the Owners pane.

To return the panes to their default locations, select the View menu, mouse down and click on “Reset Layout”.

The menu and shortcut toolbars can also be relocated by clicking on the gripper located on the left side of each toolbar.

Each toolbar/pallet can be docked on any of the four sides of the console. Alternatively the toolbar pallets can also float above the center of the console in an undocked state.  Here are some sample layout configurations:

 

 

 

 

 

Another useful way to customize the Console layout is by making use of the ‘Auto Hide’ buttons. They are located on the title bar of the Owners, Assignments and Simplify Monitor Panes.

With a single mouse click on the ‘Auto Hide’ button, the window pane collapses and creates an anchor button located on the corresponding edge of the Console.

The pane is restored to its previous position by either clicking on the anchor button or holding the pointer over the anchor button. When the pointer is clicked off of the window pane, the pane will once again return to a collapsed state. To turn off auto hide, restore the window by either clicking or holding the pointer on the anchor button  --> click on the ‘Auto Hide’ button one time. The window pane will snap back to its previous position in the console.

Note: The Simplify Monitor is set to ‘Auto Hide’ by default.