Main Message Pane

The Main Message Pane is a docking pane attached to the main Mira window frame that receives text messages from Mira operations. Its contents may also be copied to the Windows clipboard or saved to a file. Messages can accrue to the pane even while it is closed. Similar Message Panes are owned by certain windows, such as an Image Window. As for all docking panes, the window can be pinned open or tabified. To keep the layout and state use the Save Docking Pane command on the View menu or on the main toolbar. The Message Pane is shown or hidden using the View > Show Messages command from the main menu.

The example below shows the Main Message Pane opened at the bottom of the Mira application window with messages from the Create Pixel Mask command. If shrunk to tab form ("tabified"), only the "Messages" tab would appear, freeing up space for other work.

Working with Message Panes

A Message Pane accepts simple text editing commands like cut, copy, paste etc., but it does not support more complex operations such as printing. For such operations, you can save its contents to a text file or paste into a Text Editor where the text can be further edited. To access the editor's tools, right-click inside the Message Pane to open its command menu, then select the Paste in Text Editor command from the menu. The text appears in a Mira Text Editor window. In this example, grayed commands are not accessible because they require marking a block of text before opening the menu to use the command..

Working with Message Panes

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