Project Explorer

Project Explorer is a tool to help you organize your Origin data. It is particularly useful if you are working with a project that contains numerous child windows. Use Project Explorer to develop a folder structure to organize the child windows in your project.

Auto Hide the Project Explorer Window

When you first start Origin, Project Explorer hide to the top edge of the workspace. It is an auto-hide windows, and you can click on it to open Project Explorer.

To prevent Project Explorer from auto hiding:

1. Click on the Auto Hide button in the upper-right hand corner of the window.

or

1. Click on the Window Position button in the upper-right hand corner of the window or right-cilck on the Project Explorer title bar, and then make Auto Hide option unselected from the short-cut menu. Project Explorer will be docked in the workspace.

Display of Project Explorer

Because Project Explorer uses some of your workspace, you may want to close Project Explorer, even if you have already created a folder structure.

To close Project Explorer:

1. Click the Project Explorer button on the Standard toolbar.

or

1. Press ALT + 1.

When Project Explorer is closed, Origin continues to use your folder structure and view settings to control the display of windows in your workspace. If you are working with a project that contains subfolders and the view mode is set to view only the active folder's windows, then Origin will display only the windows in the current folder.

For more information, see Using Project Explorer to Manage Your Windows.

Docking or floating the Project Explorer window

Like other elements of the Origin workspace -- the toolbars, the Command Window, the Results Log, the Data Display, etc. -- the Project Explorer window can be made to float or dock to any other edge in the workspace.

To make Project Explorer to float either:

• Double-click on the window title bar.
• Drag the window out of the workspace edge.
• Click on the Window Position button in the upper-right hand corner of the window or right-cilck on the Project Explorer title bar, and select Floating from the short-cut menu when it is docking.

When you drag the window, you will see four edge docking tips. If your mouse reach left tip, the window will dock to left edge. To prevent Project Explorer from docking when positioning it as a window, press CTRL while dragging the window in the workspace.

Information of Child Windows in the Project Explorer Window

You can view the names, types and sizes of the child windows in the Project Explorer. Also, you can sort the child windows based on any information field by clicking on the heading.