Sessions & Layout
Panes can be split, resized, and popped out into separate windows, and, with the Advanced Pane Manager on, dragged. The arrangement is saved automatically.
Sessions
A session holds the current passage, open tabs, pane arrangement, and your position in each pane. It is saved continuously; there is no manual save. After the app closes, the next launch restores the session.
The default arrangement
By default, the Bible pane is on the left and the study tabs are on the right. The collapse control on a pane (Collapse this pane out of the way) hides it, and Show hidden panes brings it back.
Rearranging panes
Right-click a tab to:
- Split Right: move the pane to a new group to the right.
- Split Down: move the pane to a new group below.
- Pop Out to Window: move the pane to its own window.
- Close: close the tab.
Split Right and Split Down need another tab in the same group.
You can drag the dividers between groups to resize them.
The Advanced Pane Manager
Dragging tabs is off by default. When you try to drag a tab, the Advanced layout features dialog offers Enable Advanced Mode. You can also turn it on with Advanced Pane Manager in the General section of Preferences, or Advanced layout mode in the Layout dropdown.
With it on, you can drag tabs between groups and drag a tab to the edge of a group to create a split.
Built-in layouts
The Layout dropdown resets the window to one of four layouts.
| Preset | Arrangement |
|---|---|
| Study Mode | Bible on the left, study tools on the right. The default. |
| Reading Mode | Bible only; the study panes collapse out of the way. |
| Writer Mode | The Bible on the left, a Notes pane on the right. |
| Study Mode (Quad) | A 2×2 grid: Bible top-left, commentary top-right, dictionaries bottom-left, notes bottom-right. |
Applying a layout rearranges your existing tabs instead of closing them, and offers to undo the change.
Popping panes out
A popped-out pane moves to its own window. This lets you spread the app across multiple monitors if you have that kind of setup.
Popped-out windows stay linked to the main window. Selecting a verse in the Bible pane updates a popped-out commentary.
Zoom
Ctrl+= zooms in, Ctrl+- zooms out, and Ctrl+0 resets to actual size. The same commands are in the View menu. Zoom scales the whole interface. To change only the Bible text size, see Personalizing.
Resetting the layout
Choose Reset to default layout from the Layout dropdown. Notes and highlights are not affected.