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Docking Panes
Docking panes are windows that contain tools
or data like other windows but attach to a parent "view" window
(e.g.,
Image ,
Plot, etc.). The view window owns the docking pane,
and similar pane windows may exist for different view windows.
Docking panes can be docked, undocked, hidden, or reduced to a tab
on the window border. How to adjust docking panes is described
further down in this topic. Docking Panes are used for
listing measurements, viewing the FITS image header, adjusting the
image transfer function and palette and other purposes. Note that
docking panes open with a default size and may be resized using the
mouse pointer.
You can save or change the pane layout for a window
using the Docking Pane Layout button
 on main-level
Docking Panes Toolbar. Shown below are the
docking panes for the
Image Bar, the
Image Palette and for listing
photometry results. Several docking panes are shown
on the
Docking Panes Toolbar., to the right of the
Docking Pane Layout button.
Docking panes can be docked along a window border,
closed, pinned open, floated free of their parent window, or shrunk
to a tab along the window border. You can save the pane layout for
a window using the Pane Layout button . The settings are applied when opening future
windows of the same type.
Docking Panes are opened and closed by
toggling their button on a toolbar. Pane buttons are indicated by a
rectangular outline on the icon. Buttons on the docking panes allow
them to be closed, aligned to a different window border, or shrunk
to a tab. You also can drag them away from the window to float on
the desktop. Docking panes that are tabified may be configured to
open either when the mouse hovers over the tab or after clicking
the tab. See the Open docking panes on
hover option in the
General Properties dialog.
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When each docking pane is opened the first time, it
opens to use the available width or height inside its parent
window. To adjust, the layout, use one of the methods, see the
section Adjusting Docking Panes, below. Also see
Initializing Toolbars and Docking Panes.
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Docking Panes for Mira View Windows
Image Windows
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Image Keys Pane: This is a help window that lists all
keystrokes and keyboard shortcuts specific to Image Windows. You
can execute these commands from the help pane or by typing them
into the Image Window. This pane helps to learn all the key
commands.
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Palette Pane: This pane provides palette adjustments
using the mouse and shows the pixel values assigned to the palette
entries. It is available in both horizontal and vertical
orientations. The vertical version adds a button for resetting the
palette and another button for opening the
Palette Properties dialog. To modify the palette,
mouse-down on the color ramp and move the mouse while keeping the
left button pressed. Sideways and back-forth movements change
brightness and contrast simultaneously. To view the pixel values
assigned to the grayscale/color palette entry, right mouse-down on
the palette and move the mouse along the palette while keeping the
right button pressed.
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Transfer Function Pane: This pane provides
adjustments to the image transfer function. This pane can be opened
in horizontal and vertical orientations.
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FITS Header Pane: This pane shows the FITS
format image header. The pane updates when an operation modifies
the image header.
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Pixel Table Pane: This pane shows pixel values near
the location of the image cursor. With the Pixel Table open, the
pixel values track the image cursor as it moves using the mouse or
the arrow keys. Note that the window must have the keyboard focus
to move the cursor using the arrow keys. To see a menu of Pixel
Table commands, right click on the table.
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Horizontal Slice Plot: This docking pane
displays a dynamic graph showing a horizontal slice through the
center of the
Image Cursor.
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Vertical Slice Plot: This docking pane displays
a dynamic graph showing a vertical slice through the center of the
Image Cursor.
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Image Bar: This docking pane controls zooming,
panning, coordinate readout, the
Image Cursor, and other functions.
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Animation Bar: This pane in
Image Windows controls blinking and animation of
image sets.
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Message Pane: This pane is used both for Image
Windows and the main application window. It shows text messages
such as detailed results of calculations, calibration details, and
errors. It is usually docked at the bottom of its parent window and
shrunk to tab form. The pane is opened and closed using a command
in the Window menu for the parent window.
Main Window
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Message Pane: This pane is used both for Image
Windows and the main application window. It shows text messages
such as detailed results of calculations, calibration details, and
errors. It is usually docked at the bottom of its parent window and
shrunk to tab form. The pane is opened and closed using a command
in the Window menu for the parent window.
Plot Windows
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Plot Bar: This docking pane controls panning,
coordinate readout, and other functions for viewing plots.
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Plot Points Pane: This pane in
Plot Windows lists results of the Plot Point
Measurements tool. The pane tabulates the point series, index,
and (X, Y) coordinates.
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Plot Lines Pane: This pane in
Plot Windows lists results of the Plot Lines
Measurements tool. The pane tabulates the line information
including its endpoint coordinates.
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Statistics Pane: This pane holds statistical
estimates for the Plot Series. The statistics are configured using
the
Statistical Properties command.
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Plot Notes Pane: This
Plot Window pane is a simple text editor that opens
for plot window into which you can enter notes about the plot.
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Plot Animation Bar: This pane controls blinking
and animation of plot series.
Saving the Docking Pane Layout
In addition to working with each pane individually,
you can work with all panes of a window at once and save the
window's docking pane layout for that window. These are
accomplished using theWindow > Docking
Panes > Save Pane Layout command or the button on the main toolbar, as shown below. The
docking panes layout for a window is not persistent and will be
lost when you close the window unless you intentionally save the
layout. This drop menu also appends the names of the current view
window's closed panes to help you reactivate them.
The three default pane menu commands (Save, Hide, and
Tabify) affect the pane layout for
windows only of the type in the top-most view window. For example,
if an
Image Window is top-most, the Save Docking Panes command saves the pane layout
for the current Image Window and all future Image Windows. For
example, suppose an
Image Window opens with no panes visible. Then you
open the
Pixel Table Pane and the vertical
Palette Pane for the window. If you close this image
window, the pane layout will not be saved. Since this layout has
not been saved, new image windows will open without these panes
visible. To make new windows open with the current pane
configuration of the top-most view window, use the Save Docking Panes command.
If the Pane Menu has a separator line as
shown below, then commands below the line re-open panes that were
closed in the current (top-most) view window. The example below
shows that the
Points pane was closed for the top-most window.
Clicking Open Points thus re-opens
the Points pane.
Other Pane Commands and Controls
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Hiding all Docking Panes: Use the
Window > Docking Panes > Hide All
Panes command in the pull-down menu to hide all docking
panes for the top-most window. This is an efficient way to close
everything when many panes are open. This change is made permanent
by using the Save Docking Panes
command.
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Tabifying all Docking Panes: Use the
Window > Docking Panes > Tabify All
Panes command in the pull-down menu to shrink all panes
of the top-most view window to a tab. Tabified panes can be opened
by hovering over the tab or clicking the tab. A tabbed pane that is
open will automatically hide to a tab when you click inside its
host window. To keep a tabified pane open, use its "stick pin" on
its title bar. This change is made permanent by using the
Save Docking Panes command.
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Stick-pin on the Pane Title: This
widget pins the docking pane open. To allow it to shrink back to a
tab, unpin it.
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Pane Command Menu: This is an option for
some panes opened from the triangle button on the title bar.
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Grid Command Menus: These menus contain
several commands specific to the grid. Open the menu by
right-clicking on the grid.
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General Pane Behavior: Some properties in
the
General Properties dialog control docking pane
behavior:
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Related Topics
Contents
User Interface
Image Keys Pane
Image Cursor
Measurement Panes
Initializing Toolbars and Docking Panes
Mira Pro x64 User's Guide, Copyright Ⓒ 2023 Mirametrics, Inc. All
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