Drop cursors

Drop cursors indicate where you can dock floating views in the Workbench window. Several different drop cursors may be displayed when you are docking views.

Up arrow

Dock above: if you release the mouse button when a dock above cursor is displayed, the floating view will appear above the view underneath the cursor.

Down arrow

Dock below: if you release the mouse button when a dock below cursor is displayed, the floating view will appear below the view underneath the cursor.

Right arrow

Dock to the right: If you release the mouse button when a dock to the right cursor is displayed, the floating view will appear to the right of the view underneath the cursor.

Left arrow Dock to the left: if you release the mouse button when a dock to the left cursor is displayed, the floating view will appear to the left of the view underneath the cursor.
Stack Stack: if you release the mouse button when a stack cursor is displayed, the floating view will appear as a Tab in the same pane as the view underneath the cursor.
Restricted icon Restricted: if you release the mouse button when a restricted cursor is displayed, the floating view will not dock there. For example, you cannot dock a view in the editor area.
Detach icon Detach: if you release the mouse button when a detach cursor is displayed, the view will converted to a  floating view.

 
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