5. Dialogs and Docking

5. Dialogs and Docking
	Chapter 10. Pimp my GIMP

5.1. Creating Docking Dialogs

You can dock several windows into a same window. You can do this in more than one way, particularly by using the File → Dialogs menu from the Main Toolbox, or by using the Add command in the Tab menu from any dialog. As a convenience, there are also three pre-built docks you can create using the File → Dialogs → Create New Dock menu path from the Main Toolbox:

Layers, Channels and Paths

This gives you a dock containing:

The Channels dialog
The Layers dialog
The Paths dialog
The Undo dialog

Brushes, Patterns and Gradients

This gives you a dock containing:

The Brushes dialog
The Patterns dialog
The Gradients dialog
The Palettes dialog
The Fonts dialog

Misc. Stuff

This gives you a dock containing:

The Buffers dialog
The Images dialog
The Document History dialog
The Image Templates dialog

	Tip
Just because you have a lot of flexibility does not mean that all choices are equally good. There are at least two things we recommend: Keep the Tool Options dialog docked directly beneath the Main Toolbox at all times. Keep the Layers dialog around at all times, in a separate dock from the Main Toolbox, with an Image Menu above it. (Use “Show Image Menu” in the dialog Tab menu to display the Image menu if you have somehow lost it.)

Tip

Just because you have a lot of flexibility does not mean that all choices are equally good. There are at least two things we recommend:

Keep the Tool Options dialog docked directly beneath the Main Toolbox at all times.
Keep the Layers dialog around at all times, in a separate dock from the Main Toolbox, with an Image Menu above it. (Use “Show Image Menu” in the dialog Tab menu to display the Image menu if you have somehow lost it.)

	Note
	See also Dialogs and Docking