Window menu

Window menu

The Window menu contains controls to show and hide the panes in the Motion interface.

  • Minimize: Shrinks the active window to the Dock—equivalent to clicking the Minimize button in the upper-left corner of the window. (Command-M)

  • Minimize All: Shrinks the Motion project window and the viewer window (if you’re using a viewer window to preview an image or clip) to the Dock.

  • Zoom: Resizes the active window to maximize desktop real estate, switching between full screen and the previously saved non-full screen state.

  • Show Inspector: Opens a submenu of commands to open the four Inspectors: Properties (F1), Behaviors (F2), Filters (F3), and Object (F4).

  • Show/Hide Project Pane: Turns the display of the Project pane on or off. (F5)

  • Show/Hide Timing Pane: Turns the display of the Timing pane on or off. (F6)

  • Show/Hide HUD: Turns the display of the HUD on or off. (F7)

  • Show/Hide Task List: Displays the Background Task List window. See Display the background render list. (F9)

  • Player Mode: Expands the Canvas to fill your entire display. (F8)

  • Show Canvas on Second Display/Show Canvas in the Main Window: Shows the Canvas and Project pane (Layers, Media, and Audio lists) on a second display, if you have two displays connected to your computer.

  • Show Timing Pane on Second Display/Show Timing Pane in the Main Window: Shows the Timing pane (Timeline, Audio Timeline, and Keyframe Editor) on a second display, if you have two displays connected to your computer.

  • Revert to Original Layout: Shows the Timing pane or Canvas in the main project window if the Timing pane or Canvas is displayed on a second monitor.

  • File Browser: Displays the File Browser. (Command-1)

  • Library: Displays the Library. (Command-2)

  • Inspector: Displays the Inspector. (Command-3)

  • Layers: Displays the Layers list in the Project pane. (Command-4)

  • Media: Displays the Media list in the Project pane. (Command-5)

  • Audio: Displays the Audio list in the Project pane. (Command-6)

  • Video Timeline: Turns the display of the Timeline on or off. (Command-7)

  • Keyframe Editor: Turns the display of the Keyframe Editor on or off. (Command-8)

  • Audio Timeline: Turns the display of the Audio Timeline on or off. (Command-9)

  • Bring All to Front: Moves the Motion window to the front if the main Motion window is behind windows of other applications.

  • Enter Full Screen: Hides the menu bar and the Dock. (Control-Command-F)

  • Open Project/Untitled List: Displays a list of open projects and any images that are open in a viewer window.