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Bumpers

The working area within the main window of PieceWorx Writing Studio has three bumpers: The thin yellow regions in the screen capture below show when all three bumpers are visible.

Top Bumper

Hide the Top Bumper

Hiding and showing bumpers is similar for all three bumpers.

To hide the top bumper simply use the mouse to press the up arrow in the top bumper. There is no hotkey or menu item dedicated to only hiding the top bumper.

Show the Top Bumper

To show the top bumper slowly move your mouse cursor along the upper border of the editor frame, you will see the top bumper appear. If you move the mouse away, the top bumper will quickly hide itself again.

To lock the top bumper in place, click an empty region where there are no buttons.

Top Bumper Buttons

The top bumper contains several buttons intended to make common layout actions easy and accessible.

Left Bumper

Hide the Left Bumper

Hotkey: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left

Hiding and showing bumpers is similar for all three bumpers.

To hide the left bumper simply use the mouse to press the left arrow in the left bumper.

Show the Left Bumper

HotkeyCtrl+Shift+Alt+Right

Showing the left bumper when it and the left frame are completely hidden is similar to what it is for the top bumper. Roll your mouse slowly over the left border of the editor frame, you will see the left bumper appear. If you move the mouse away, the left bumper will quickly hide itself again.

To lock the top bumper in place, click an empty region where there are no buttons.

If the left frame is expanded you can show the left bumper by collapsing the frame. See the frame documentation for more on that.

You can also use the hotkeys Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Right and Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left to hide and show the left bumper.

Left Bumper Buttons

The buttons on the left frame represent the available tabs in the left frame when the frame is expanded. The left bumper is truly the collapsed form of the left frame. This is different than the top bumper which does not expand into a top frame.

Clicking a button in the left frame will expand the left frame and display the associated tab.

The right arrow in the left bumper will also expand the left frame.

Bottom Bumper

Hide the Bottom Bumper

HotkeyCtrl+Shift+Alt+Down

Hiding and showing bumpers is similar for all three bumpers.

To hide the bottom bumper simply use the mouse to press the down arrow in the left bumper.

Show the Bottom Bumper

HotkeyCtrl+Shift+Alt+Up

Showing the bottom bumper when it and the bottom frame are completely hidden is similar to what it is for the other bumpers. Roll your mouse slowly over the bottom border of the editor frame, you will see the bottom bumper appear. If you move the mouse away, the bottom bumper will quickly hide itself again.

To lock the bottom bumper in place, click an empty region where there are no buttons.

If the bottom frame is expanded you can show the bottom bumper by collapsing the frame. See the frame documentation for more on that.

Bottom Bumper Buttons

The buttons on the bottom frame represent the available tabs in the bottom frame when the frame is expanded. The bottom bumper is truly the collapsed form of the bottom frame. This is different than the top bumper which does not expand into a top frame.

Clicking a button in the bottom frame will expand the bottom frame and display the associated tab.

The up arrow in the bottom bumper will also expand the frame.