Window - Windows Dialog

The Windows dialog within the main Window menu shows a list of all windows open within the main Manifold window. We can use this dialog to activate (that is bring to the top) any window or to close several windows at once.

$images\btn_window_activate.gif$	Activate - Move the highlighted window to the top of the windows stack and make it the active window.
$images\btn_window_close.gif$	Close - Close the highlighted windows.
$images\btn_window_cascade.gif$	Cascade - Arrange windows neatly in front of each other and offset slightly.
$images\btn_window_tile_horiz.gif$	Tile Horizontally - Arrange windows next to each other left to right and resize so they fill the main window.
$images\btn_window_tile_vert.gif$	Tile Vertically - Arrange windows next to each other top to bottom and resize so they fill the main window.
Activate	Move the highlighted window to the top of the windows stack and make it the active window. Same as the Activate toolbar button and added to provide a similar look to the equivalent dialogs in Microsoft products.
Close	Close the Windows dialog.

Example

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Suppose we have four windows open showing various components in our project as seen above.

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The Windows dialog would appear as above. Note that the roads data window is at the top of the list. The list shows the windows in their order in the windows stack. Each window listed will be shown with a small icon for the type of component it is.

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We can click on the roads data window entry to highlight it and then CTRL click on the SanFran entry to highlight it as well.

$images\btn_window_close.gif$ If we now click the Close toolbar button both the roads data and the SanFran windows will be closed.

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The Windows dialog will be updated with a new list of windows:

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Tech Tip

Queries can be opened in two forms, either as a query window allowing the query text to be edited or in the form of a table window that reports the results of a query being run. As a convenience for users, if a query is open at the same time as an editable query window and also as a table window reporting the results of the query being run, the Windows dialog will append the postfix (Table) to the latter. For example, if we have a query called MyQuery and it is open both as an editable query window and also as a table window reporting the results of running the query, the Windows dialog will show two windows open, one called MyQuery and the other called MyQuery (Table).