If the panel you want to dock or group is not visible, choose it from the Window menu.
Last updated on
1 October 2024
Learn to organize, rearrange, and customize the layout of panels using Docking and Undocking in Premiere Elements.
You can use Docking and undocking panels in Premiere Elements for organizing, rearranging, and customizing the layout of panels (like the Timeline, History and Program Monitor) within the workspace.
Dock, group, or float panels
You can dock panels together, move them into or out of groups, and undock them so they float above the application window. As you drag a panel, drop zones—areas onto which you can move the panel—become highlighted. The drop zone you choose determines where the panel is inserted, and whether it docks or groups with other panels.
Docking zones
Docking zones exist along the edges of a panel, group, or window. Docking a panel places it near the existing group, resizing all groups to accommodate the new panel.
Grouping zones exist in the middle of a panel or group, and along the tab area of panels. Dropping a panel on a grouping zone stacks it with other panels.
Grouping zones
Dock or group panels
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Drag the required panel onto the desired drop zone. The application docks or groups according to the type of drop zone.
Press the Ctrl key while dragging the panel to make the panel free-floating.
You can choose to present panels in a panel group in a stacked state or in a tabbed state. Stacked panels are expanded and collapsed with a single click of the mouse on the panel header, or a tap of the finger when using a touch surface. Choose the desired option from Panel Group Settings.
Undock a panel in a floating window
When you undock a panel in a floating window, you can add panels and modify them similarly to the application window. You can use floating windows to use a secondary monitor.
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Select the panel you want to undock (if it’s not visible, choose it from the Window menu), and then do one of the following:
Choose Undock Panel or Undock Panel Group from the panel menu. Undock Panel Group undocks the panel group.
Hold down Ctrl (Windows®) or Command (Mac OS®), and drag the panel or group from its current location. When you release the mouse button, the panel or group appears in a new floating window.
Drag the panel or group outside the application window. (If the application window is maximized, drag the panel to the Windows taskbar.)
Resize panel groups
When you position the pointer over dividers between panel groups, resize icons appear. When you drag these icons, all groups that share the divider are resized. For example, suppose that your workspace contains three panel groups stacked vertically. If you drag the divider between the bottom two groups, they are resized, but the topmost group doesn’t change.
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Do either of the following:
- To resize either horizontally or vertically,
position the pointer between two panel groups. The pointer becomes
a double‑arrow
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- To resize in both directions at once, position the
pointer at the intersection between three or more panel groups.
The pointer becomes a four-way arrow
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- To resize either horizontally or vertically,
position the pointer between two panel groups. The pointer becomes
a double‑arrow
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Hold down the mouse button, and drag to resize the panel groups.
Dragging divider between panel groups to resize them horizontally A. Original group with resize icon B. Resized groups
Dragging divider between panel groups to resize them horizontally - To open a panel, choose it from the Window menu.
- To close a panel or window click its Close button
. - To see all the panel tabs in a narrow panel group, drag the horizontal scroll bar.
- To bring a panel to the front of a group of panels, do one of the following:
Click the tab of the panel you want in front.
Hover the cursor above the tab area, and turn the mouse scroll wheel. Scrolling brings each panel to the front, one after another.
Drag tabs horizontally to change their order.
Open, close, and scroll to panels
When you close a panel group in the application window, the other groups resize to use the newly available space. When you close a floating window, the panels within it close, too.
Open, close, and scroll to panels
When you close a panel group in the application window, the other groups resize to use the newly available space. When you close a floating window, the panels within it close, too.
- To open a panel, choose it from the Window menu.
- To close a panel or window, press Control-W (Windows)
or Command-W (Mac OS), or click its Close button .
- To see all the panel tabs in a narrow panel group, drag the horizontal scroll bar.
- To bring a panel to the front of a group of panels, do
one of the following:
Click the tab of the panel you want in front.
Hover the cursor above the tab area, and turn the mouse scroll wheel. Scrolling brings each panel to the front, one after another.
Drag tabs horizontally to change their order.
- To reveal panels hidden in a narrow panel group, drag the scroll bar above the panel group.
Working with multiple monitors
To increase the available screen space, use multiple monitors. When you work with multiple monitors, the application window appears on one monitor, and you place floating windows on the second monitor. Monitor configurations are stored in the workspace.
Learn to organize, rearrange, and customize the layout of panels using Docking and Undocking in Premiere Elements.
You can use Docking and undocking panels in Premiere Elements for organizing, rearranging, and customizing the layout of panels (like the Timeline, History and Program Monitor) within the workspace.
Dock, group, or float panels
You can dock panels together, move them into or out of groups, and undock them so they float above the application window. As you drag a panel, drop zones—areas onto which you can move the panel—become highlighted. The drop zone you choose determines where the panel is inserted, and whether it docks or groups with other panels.
Docking zones
Docking zones exist along the edges of a panel, group, or window. Docking a panel places it near the existing group, resizing all groups to accommodate the new panel.
Grouping zones exist in the middle of a panel or group, and along the tab area of panels. Dropping a panel on a grouping zone stacks it with other panels.
Grouping zones
Dock or group panels
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If the panel you want to dock or group is not visible, choose it from the Window menu.
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Drag the required panel onto the desired drop zone. The application docks or groups according to the type of drop zone.
Press the Ctrl key while dragging the panel to make it free-floating.
You can choose to present panels in a panel group in a stacked state or in a tabbed state. Stacked panels are expanded and collapsed with a single click of the mouse on the panel header, or a tap of the finger when using a touch surface. Choose the desired option from Panel Group Settings.
Undock a panel in a floating window
When you undock a panel in a floating window, you can add panels and modify them similarly to the application window. You can use floating windows to use a secondary monitor.
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Select the panel you want to undock (if it’s not visible, choose it from the Window menu), and then do one of the following:
Choose Undock Panel or Undock Panel Group from the panel menu. Undock Panel Group undocks the panel group.
Hold down Ctrl (Windows®) or Command (Mac OS®), and drag the panel or group from its current location. When you release the mouse button, the panel or group appears in a new floating window.
Drag the panel or group outside the application window. (If the application window is maximized, drag the panel to the Windows taskbar.)
Open, close, and scroll to panels
When you close a panel group in the application window, the other groups resize to use the newly available space. When you close a floating window, the panels within it close, too.
- To open a panel, choose it from the Window menu.
- To close a panel or window, press Control-W (Windows)
or Command-W (Mac OS), or click its Close button .
- To see all the panel tabs in a narrow panel group, drag the horizontal scroll bar.
- To bring a panel to the front of a group of panels, do
one of the following:
Click the tab of the panel you want in front.
Hover the cursor above the tab area, and turn the mouse scroll wheel. Scrolling brings each panel to the front, one after another.
Drag tabs horizontally to change their order.
- To reveal panels hidden in a narrow panel group, drag the scroll bar above the panel group.
Working with multiple monitors
To increase the available screen space, use multiple monitors. When you work with multiple monitors, the application window appears on one monitor, and you place floating windows on the second monitor. Monitor configurations are stored in the workspace.