Time for action – resizing windows
Notice the black line between the Blender windows. This is shown in the following screenshot:
Blender windows can be resized as you need, so you can have any screen layout you want. Here is how to do this:
- Move the cursor over one of these lines and you will see a double-headed arrow.
- While the double-headed arrow is displayed, hold down the LMB and move your mouse perpendicular to the line. The windows on both sides of the line will resize.
- If you selected a vertical edge between windows, now try it with a horizontal edge.
- If you selected a horizontal edge between windows originally, now try it with a vertical edge.
What just happened?
You selected the line between two windows and moved it to resize the windows. Blender's windows do not overlap. If you make one bigger, the one next to it gets smaller. Unlike many window-based interfaces, you don't end up with a stack of windows that you have to search through to find in which window you were...