The Propeller Tool allows you to view multiple objects at the same time. You can also drag objects outside of the application's main window (see Arranging Objects below).
Step 1: To see more than one object’s source code simultaneously, left-click and drag an edit tab to a lower region of the Editor Pane.
Step 2: Release the button to drop the edit tab. The edit tab and its contents now appear in the new region.
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 as necessary for other edit tabs and resize both regions using the horizontal splitter between them.
The vertical size of these two regions can be changed by dragging the horizontal splitter bar separating them. Of course, the objects you’re interfacing to can be viewed in whatever mode is convenient at the moment (Full Source, Condensed, Summary, or Documentation) while the object you’re developing remains in the Full Source view (the only editable view).
The Editor pane even allows its edit tabs to be dragged and dropped completely outside of the Propeller Tool. When this is done, the new edit tabs occupy a new window that can be manipulated independently of the Propeller Tool application window. This is particularly useful for development on computers with more than one monitor; edit tabs can be dragged from the application in one monitor and dropped onto the desktop of a second monitor.
Step 1: If desktop space allows, you can even drag edit tabs outside the application itself; left-click and drag an edit tab to a region outside the Propeller Tool.
Step 2: Release the button to drop the edit tab; it will drop into a form of its own that can be moved and sized independent of the Propeller Tool. You can drag and drop more edit tabs into this new form also.
Propeller Help Version 1.1
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5/13/2009