Docking the navigator

[Arnstein Nygård <ar...@hotmail.com>]

Dear Open Office,


The navigator in my document somehow got undocked unintentionally. Now I've been trying for hours to dock it again with no results. I've tried control key + double click on the empty near the icons at the top of the navigator in every version possible, I've tried ctrl shift F10, and I've tried moving the navigator to the side of the document (I downloaded libre office to see if it would work there and there moving the navigator to the side made it dock). In all the forums I've read, these steps have worked for people, but not for me, and there are no forums or youtube videos with further information. I really wish there was a simpler way, like a dock option I could click in the menu, I really like the navigator but only when it stays in its place. Is there something I can do? I would greatly appreciate any help.



Best regards,

Arnstein

Re: Docking the navigator

[Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>]

At 20:57 18/01/2018 +0000, Arnstein Nygård wrote:
>The navigator in my document somehow got 
>undocked unintentionally. Now I've been trying 
>for hours to dock it again with no results. I've 
>tried control key + double click on the empty 
>near the icons at the top of the navigator in 
>every version possible, I've tried ctrl shift 
>F10, and I've tried moving the navigator to the side of the document ... .

There are three ways, I think. All three of them 
work either to dock or undock the Navigator.

o As you suggest, use Ctrl+double-click. You need 
to double-click in the grey area around the 
Navigator's buttons, not in its title bar at the 
top nor in the body of the window. Note in 
addition - this is where you might have been 
getting it wrong - that it appears that this 
doesn't work if the undocked Navigator has focus 
when you try. Instead, click outside the 
Navigator - in your document itself - so that the 
Navigator loses focus before using Ctrl+double-click.

o As you suggest, use Crtrl+Shift+F10. Note that 
- perhaps perversely - in this case the Navigator 
does need to have focus for this to work.

o Drag the Navigator window by its title bar to 
the side. Watch carefully as the mouse pointer 
passes the edge of the window. When you get to 
the correct point, you should see a hatched 
outline of where the Navigator will be when 
docked; you may need some care to find this 
position. Whilst this outline is displayed, drop 
the Navigator. (Apparently this technique works 
only if your operating system's window manager 
settings mean that the full window contents are 
shown as you are dragging a window, not just the 
outer frame. That is outside the control of OpenOffice, of course.)

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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