Parent page: WorkspaceManager Commands
The following pre-packaged resources, derived from this base command, are available:
Hide Focused Document
Applied Parameters: ObjectKind=FocusedDocument
Summary
This command is used to hide the currently focused, and open, document. The document does not need to be the active document. Documents are hidden in order to prevent clutter in the tabbed area of the main design window. When a document is hidden, it is still open from the point of view of processes such as compilation, synchronization, andannotation, it is just not displayed as a tabbed-document in the main design window.
Access
This command can be accessed by:
- Right-clicking over the entry for a document in the Projects panel, and choosing the Hide command from the context menu.
- Focusing the entry for a document in the Projects panel, then clicking the panel's Project button and choosing the Hide command from the context menu.
The command is only available provided the focused document is open and not hidden.
Use
First, ensure that the document you wish to hide is the focused document in the Projects panel.
After launching the command, the focused document will be hidden. This document will no longer appear visible in the main design window.
Tips
- An entity in the Projects panel is focused either by clicking on it, or right-clicking on it. To distinguish it as being the focused entry, it appears with a dotted border
- Documents can be either hidden manually, or automatically as part of a specific process. For example, when compiling a project or performing back-annotation, initially closed source documents will be opened and hidden automatically.
- Any number of design documents may be hidden.
- A number of commands for hiding documents can also be found on the right-click context menu associated with the document tab for an open document (or grouping of documents). These commands can include the bility to hide: The active document, all documents of the same type, all documents in the group, all other documents, or all documents.
- Up to 16 hidden documents can be listed on the Window » Unhide sub-menu. The hidden documents are listed in alphabetical order. If more than 16 documents are hidden, the remaining documents will appear on the sub-menu, as and when you choose to 'unhide' documents, and therefore create room on the menu.
- To determine which documents are hidden - especially if you have hidden more documents than can be included on the Window » Unhide sub-menu - click the drop-down part of the button on the Projects panel, and enable the Show open/modified status option (part of the General cluster of options). This option can also be enabled from the System - Projects Panel page of the Preferences dialog. Hidden documents are given the blank document icon - . Alternatively, hover the mouse over the icon to obtain textual confirmation of the document's status.
- Hidden documents can also be accessed by clicking the button, at the far right of the tabbed document bar. This gives access to a menu of hidden documents. Click a document entry to unhide it. The menu can hold up to 10 hidden documents, after which all hidden documents will be grouped into sub-menus, by document type.