If you don't like the Project Explorer position on the left of the editor pane you can change it. Just click in the title bar of the Explorer and drag it onto one of the four borders of the editor pane. You can position the Explorer above, below, on the left or on the right of the editor pane.

You can position the Project Explorer to the left, right, above or below the Editor Pane!

You can "undock" the entire Project Explorer to display it in a separate window. For example, if you have a dual monitor system you may want to display the Explorer in a separate monitor.

Undocking the Explorer:

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Redocking the Explorer:

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Clicking on the "pin" tool in the Project Explorer title bar "pins" the Explorer into the left margin of the Help & Manual window. The Explorer then collapses into the left margin, showing only its title in a vertical tab. This can give you more room for editing on smaller monitors.

You can "split" the Project Explorer to display individual projects or parts of projects in separate panes. You can then undock these split panes or reposition them to make editing, copying and pasting easier.

Undocking split Explorer panes

You can undock and redock split Explorer panes just like the main Explorer pane (see above). Doing this can make it easier to copy and paste topics between different sections of your project or between different projects.

"Tabbing" Explorer panes

"Pinning" Explorer panes

You can also pin split Explorer panes to the left margin of the Help & Manual window in the same way as the main Explorer pane. Just click on the pin tool in the title bar of the pane (see above). You can then display the individual Explorer panes by moving the mouse pointer over their vertical tabs in the left margin.

You can't undock the tab but you can change its position and display it to the left or right of the main editor pane. To do this just drag its tab:

Repositioning to the left and right:

Drag the tab to the left or right to change its position in relation to the other tabs. Release the mouse button when the shaded outline shows the new position:

Displaying next to the main Editor pane:

Drag the tab to the left or right margins of the Editor pane to display it next to the Editor. To dock on the right of the editor release the mouse button when the shaded outline shows the new position at the side and the mouse pointer is over the right margin (make sure that the mouse pointer is over the margin when you release – if you move it too far it won't work:

You can return the tab to its "tabbed" position by dragging its title bar back down onto the other tabs:

Pinning the window:

You can also "pin" the window to the margin so that it hides itself automatically and then rolls out over the Editor when you mouseover the pinned tab:

This works best when you pin to the left side of the Editor. If you pin it on the right it will roll out vertically rather than horizontally.