View Menu

The View menu controls the appearance of the application itself, from window and panel visibility and placement to zooming and full-screen display. (Some additional appearance options can be found under Preferences > User Interface.)

Normal
Shows page layout with visible borders and all full-page markup, but does not separate the pages.

Page View
Shows page layout and all full-page markup, and visually separates each page.

Continuous
Displays the document content in a single scrolling view without page breaks or full-page markup.

Side by Side
Similar to Page View, but displays multiple pages horizontally (the number depending on window size and zoom amount).

Layout
Enables changing the arrangement of windows and panels. Panels and toolbars resized by dragging the edges between them, dragged to reposition them, docked elsewhere in the main window or floated over top. Whatever layout is in effect when the application is closed will be restored the next time it is opened.

Layout Left, Layout Right, Layout Top, Layout Bottom
These built-in layouts place the main window on the specified side of the screen, and the Format/Roster and Navigator panels on the opposing side.

Custom Layout
Restores the previously saved custom layout.

Save Custom Layout
Saves the current layout so it may be restored later.

Join Tab
Rejoins the current document tab to the main tab group. (Tabs can also be joined and rearranged by dragging.)

Format/Roster
Shows or hides the Format/Roster panel, and selects which of the Format, Characters, Locations, or Other tabs to show. (See Lists.) Double-click an item in the list to select/apply it.

Navigator
Shows or hides the Navigator panel. (See Getting Around.)

Toolbar
Shows or hides the toolbar. Toolbar buttons can be customized by right-clicking and selecting "Customize Toolbar".

Document List
Displays a popup list of all currently open documents.

Next/Previous Document
Switch to the next or previous open document tab.

Custom View Colors
Toggles Preferences > User Interface > Custom View Colors, for instance as "dark mode" (or other custom page/text combination).

Focus Current Text
Fades all other text slightly into the background to focus on the paragraph(s) currently being edited.

Show Invisibles
Reveals otherwise invisible formatting marks, including spaces, hard returns, soft returns and column blocks.

Zoom
Allows changing the zoom/magnification level of the main window. 100% is the normal zoom level. Less than 100% will show more of the page, and the text will appear smaller onscreen; greater than 100% will show less of the page, and the text will appear larger onscreen.

Full Screen
Toggles full-screen mode. In full-screen mode, the working area of the application will occupy the entire screen. The window frame will not be visible, but the application's menu will still be shown.

Full Screen Minimal
Toggles full-screen minimal mode. In full-screen minimal mode, the working area of the application will occupy the entire screen, and all of the other window decorations including panels, toolbars, and the application's menu, will be hidden.