Working with STK Windows

Working with multiple STK windows open can clutter the STK workspace. Use one or more of the following to arrange the windows in your STK workspace to suit your needs and keep clutter to a minimum:

Pinned and Unpinned Windows

Any window in the STK workspace that can be docked has a push pin button. By default, docked windows are said to be "pinned" in place, represented by a vertical push pin.

Example of a docked window in the pinned state.

A pinned window means that it is visible at all times in the application's main window. If you click the push pin, however, you toggle it to the "unpinned" state (horizontal push pin), which hides the window from view. Instead of seeing the full window, you simply see its title. Hover the mouse cursor over the title of the window to bring it back into view. When you switch to another window, the unpinned window hides again. To restore it back to a pinned state, simply click the push pin again while the window is visible. Multiple windows can be unpinned at one time, with each having its title listed along the window edge.

Example of a docked window in the unpinned state.

Example of multiple unpinned windows.

Dock Markers

When dragging a docked window to a new location, the STK workspace displays helpful dock markers that highlight exactly where the window will be placed.

Example of a docked window being dragged.
The shaded area to the left in the example above shows where the window will dock in relation to the main window. These dock markers will also appear over windows that are already docked, to give the most flexibility in how you dock your windows in relation to each other.

Tabbed Groups

It is also possible when docking near another previously docked window to group them together in a tabbed formation by selecting a special icon in the center of the dock markers:

Example of windows docked in a tab group.

To remove a window from a tabbed group, simply drag from its tab (not its title bar) to separate it. If you drag from the title bar of the docked windows, the entire tabbed group is moved as one cohesive unit.

No Automatic Docking

If you move a docked window, unless you drag and drop the window onto a dock marker, it cannot dock -- it remains in a "Dockable" state, but will appear to float. If you manually set a window to "Floating" mode, it will never dock as you move it around, and the dock markers will not appear, until you set the window to "Dockable."

Example of a floating window.

Some windows may open directly into "Floating" mode. If you try to drag a window to dock it and it does not dock, check to see if it is set to "Floating" mode, and, if so, change it to "Dockable."