SlickEdit User Guide

Cascading and Tiling Windows
BUFFERS AND EDITOR WINDOWS
To resize and arrange the open editor windows in a cascading display, click Window > Cascade
(cascade_windows command).
To resize and rearrange the open editor windows so they don’t overlap, click Window > Tile
(tile_windows command). If there are three or fewer open editor windows, they will be tiled vertically. To
tile three or fewer windows horizontally, click Window > Tile Horizontal (tile_windows h).
Manipulating Tiled Windows
There are several SlickEdit® commands that can be used when the windows are tiled:
• window_below - Switches to the window tile below the current window, if one exists.
• window_left - Switches to the window tile to the left of the current window, if one exists.
• window_right - Switches to the window tile to the right of the current window, if one exists.
• move_edge - Moves the adjoining edge of a tiled window. This command is bound to Alt+F2.
Press Alt+F2, then use the arrow keys to move the cursor to point to the window edge and move it
to the new edge position, then press Enter.
• delete_tile - Deletes an adjacent tiled window. Use the arrow keys to point to the edge of the
window you wish to delete.
Maximizing and Minimizing Windows
By default, editor windows are floating when they are first opened. To specify that all editor windows should
be maximized when they are first opened, from the main menu, choose Tools > Options > Editing >
Editor Windows, set the option Maximize first window to True.
To maximize an editor window, click the Maximize button on the window’s title bar, or use the
maximize_window command. You can also toggle the existing state with a maximized state by using the
zoom_window command (Window > Zoom Toggle or Ctrl+Shift+Z).
To minimize an editor window to an iconized state, click the Minimize button on the window’s title bar, or
use the iconize_window command. To iconize all open editor windows, use the iconize_all command.
When a window is iconized, you can click on the title bar for a menu of operations such as Restore, Move,
Close, and Next. Use the mouse to drag the iconized windows around the editor pane. Use the
arrange_icons command (Window > Arrange Icons) to re-dock the iconized windows along the bottom
edge of the editor pane.
To restore an iconized window to its previous state, click the Restore Up button on the window’s title bar,
or use the restore_window command. To restore all iconized windows, use the restore_all command.
Setting the New Window Size
You can specify a custom width and height for new floating editor windows through options on the Options
dialog. To access them, from the main menu, click Tools > Options, then expand Editing and click Editor
Windows. Alternately, use the new_window_size command as a shortcut to open the Options dialog to
the correct option screen.
To specify a custom width and height, complete the following steps:
1. Set the value of both options New window width and New window height to be Custom value.
2. In the Custom window width and Custom window height boxes, type the size, in pixels.
See Editor Window Options for more information about all of the available options.
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