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Customizing the Project Manager

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You can customize your visual work area by changing your view of the Project Manager or by setting double-click to run files in the Project Manager. For more information about customizing your visual work area, see Customizing the Visual FoxPro Environment.

Changing Your View

Initially, the Project Manager appears as a separate window. You can move the container, resize it, or collapse it so that only the tabs show.

To move the Project Manager

  • Place the pointer in the title bar and drag to a new location on your screen.

To resize the Project Manager

  • Place the pointer on the top, bottom, side, or corner of the Project Manager window, and drag to increase or decrease size.

To collapse the Project Manager

  • Click the up arrow in the upper-right corner.

You can easily return the Project Manager to its usual size.

To restore the Project Manager

  • Click the down arrow in the upper-right corner.

When the container is collapsed, you can tear off and arrange individual tabs to suit your workspace preferences. When you tear off a tab, it floats independently in the main Visual FoxPro window.

To tear off a tab

  1. Collapse the container.
  2. Select a tab and drag it away from the Project Manager.

When a tab is floating, you can access the options on the Project menu by right-clicking the mouse in the floating tab.

If you want the tab to always remain on top, click the pushpin icon at the top of the tab. The tab will remain on top of other Visual FoxPro windows. You can set more than one tab to be "always on top." To remove the "always on top" setting on a tab, click the pushpin icon again.

To restore a tab

  • Click the Close button on the tab.

    -or-

  • Drag the tab back into the Project Manager.

You can also attach or dock the Project Manager so that it appears as a toolbar on the top of your main Visual FoxPro window.

To dock the Project Manager

  • Drag the Project Manager to the top of the main Visual FoxPro window.

When the Project Manager is docked, it becomes part of the toolbar area of the window. You can't expand the Project Manager window when it's docked; instead, you click on individual tabs to use them. You can also tear off tabs from a docked Project Manager.

See Also

Application Management with the Project Manager | Interface Creation without Programming | Overview of Visual FoxPro Features | Project Manager Window