Opening Bins in a Separate Window or Tab
To preserve space on the screen or to avoid scrolling in the Browser, it’s useful to open
a bin in its own window or tab.
To open a bin in its own window:
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Double-click the bin.
The bin appears in
its own window.
The icon for this bin in
the Browser indicates the
bin is open in its
own window.
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To close a bin that’s open in its own window, do one of the following:
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Control-click the bin’s tab, then choose Close Tab from the shortcut menu.
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Make sure the bin is the active window, then press Control-W.
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Click the close button of the bin window.
For easy access to a bin, you can create a tab for it in the Browser.
To open a bin as a new tab in the Browser:
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Press and hold the Option key while double-clicking a bin in the Browser.
If multiple Browser windows are open, the tab is created in the Browser window that
contains the bin.
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To turn a bin in its own window into a tab in the Browser:
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Double-click a bin to open it in its own window.
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Drag the bin’s tab from the bin window to the top of any column heading in the
Browser.
Drag the bin’s tab above
any column heading in
the Browser.
The bin now has its own
tab in the Browser.
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To close a bin’s tab, do one of the following:
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Control-click the tab, then choose Close Tab from the shortcut menu.
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Make sure the bin is the active (frontmost) tab, then press Control-W.
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Drag the bin’s tab out of the Browser, then click the close button to close the
bin’s window.