Workspace Layout

The workbench is fully rearrangeable. Views (Project Explorer, Explorer, PLC Online Connections, …) and editors (block source, Import / Export, Find Unused, Password Vault, PLC Online) can be moved, hidden, split, and resized, and the layout is remembered for the next session.

Rearranging views

Drag a view's title bar within the Side Bar to reorder it, or drag it onto the Panel (bottom) to dock it there instead — and back again. Views can live in the Side Bar, the Secondary Side Bar (right), or the Panel.
Drag the splitter between the Side Bar and the editor area, or between editor groups, to change their proportions.
Collapse a view by clicking its title bar; click again to expand it.
Hide a view from the … overflow menu in a view container's header, or right-click the Activity Bar / view title and toggle visibility. Hidden views are not destroyed — re-enable them from the same menu.
Reset View Locations — run this command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) to restore every view and the panel to their default positions.

Editor groups (split editors)

Split the editor with the split button in the editor toolbar (top-right), by dragging an editor tab to the side or bottom of the editor area, or with Ctrl+\ for a vertical split.
Each side becomes an editor group; drag tabs between groups to compare a block source against the Import / Export pane, or two block editors side by side.
Closing the last tab in a group removes the group and the remaining group expands.

Panel position

The Panel (Output, Problems, Terminal) can sit at the bottom, left, or right of the window. Use View → Appearance → Panel Position, or the panel's own move controls.
Collapse, expand, or maximize the panel with the controls in its top-right corner.

The primary Side Bar normally sits on the left. Toggle it with Ctrl+B.
A Secondary Side Bar can be shown on the right (View → Appearance → Secondary Side Bar) to keep two view containers visible at once.

Full screen and Zen mode

Full Screen — F11 hides the window chrome and uses the whole display.
Zen Mode — Ctrl+K Z hides the Activity Bar, Side Bar, Panel, and Status Bar to focus on a single editor. Press Esc twice to leave.
Centered Layout — centers the editor with even margins for distraction-free reading; toggle it from View → Appearance → Centered Layout.

What is remembered

The workbench remembers the layout per window between sessions, including:

Which views are visible and where they are docked
Side Bar and panel sizes and the panel position
Editor groups, their split orientation, and open editors
Full screen, Zen mode, and centered-layout state

Project content (files, blocks, settings) and connection state are independent of the layout and are never changed by rearranging the workbench.

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