Using a Multiple Document Interface
The IDE provides two interfaces that you can use to manage your windows:
- A single document interface (SDI). This interface uses a single primary
window with a set of supplemental secondary windows. This interface is the default.
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A multiple document interface (MDI). This interface confines all of an application's internal frames inside a primary window.
To switch from an SDI to an MDI:
- From the main window, choose Tools
Setup Wizard.
- In the Setup Wizard window, find Window Mode and select Full Screen Mode ("MDI").
- Click Finish.
The IDE changes your setup to a multiple document interface.
- Use the following items on the Window menu to arrange the frames in your MDI.
- Attach MDI Frame.
Attaches the active frame to the left, right, bottom, or top side of the main MDI
window. You can attach only one frame
to a particular side at a time.
- Detach MDI Frame.
Detaches the active frame from the main MDI window and floats
it in the IDE desktop.
- Frame Resides.
Specifies whether the active frame lives inside the
IDE main window or outside the window as a separate frame. This menu item enables you to combine both internal frames, which are used in MDI mode, and top-level frames, which are used in SDI mode.
- Make Dominant.
Makes the active frame occupy the entire length of the side to which it is attached. This menu item is useful in situations where you have two frames attached to adjacent sides.
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Right-clicking the title bar of an MDI frame displays a menu with
items for operating on the frame, such as minimizing
the frame.
You can cycle through the MDI windows using Ctrl-F6.
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