Windows

Spread important views across one screen or many monitors

The Windows page lets you choose which app views should stay inside the main app window and which views should open in their own separate windows.

This gives the same app layout flexibility on very different systems. On a small laptop display, you can leave everything in the main navigation area and move from page to page. On a large 4K monitor, ultrawide monitor, or multi-monitor workstation, you can spread important views across the desktop so they stay visible while you work.

For example, you can keep Live View on one monitor, the Image Browser on another, Help or Log beside the main app, and camera controls in the main window. You are not locked into one fixed screen layout.

Why use separate windows

Separate windows are useful when you want to see more than one part of the app at the same time.

  1. Keep Live View visible while changing camera settings.
  2. Keep the Image Browser open while shooting or reviewing captures.
  3. Keep the Log visible while troubleshooting.
  4. Keep Help open beside the workflow you are learning.
  5. Keep Ask, storage, or status views visible during repetitive capture work.
  6. Put large visual views on large monitors and compact control views on smaller monitors.

You can use only the main window, one extra window, or several extra windows. The choice is yours, and it can change as your workspace changes.

Turning windows on

Open Settings, then Windows.

Each switch controls one view that can be shown in a separate window. Turn a switch on to move that view into its own window. Turn it off to close the separate window and return that view to normal main-window navigation.

Reset all turns every separate window off, clears pinned state, and returns saved window placement to the default.

Main navigation still works

When a view is not opened as a separate window, selecting its navigation item shows the view in the main app area.

When a view is already open in a separate window, selecting the old navigation item will not open a second copy in the main app area. Instead, the separate window is brought back or briefly glows so you can see where it is.

This helps prevent confusion. A view lives in one place at a time: either inside the main app window or in its own separate window.

Remembered placement

The app remembers separate window layout.

  1. Window position is saved.
  2. Window size is saved.
  3. Restored or maximized state is saved.
  4. Pinned-on-top state is saved.
  5. Enabled windows reopen the next time the app starts.

This means you can arrange a workspace once and return to it later. If you normally work with several monitors, the app can restore the views you use most often instead of making you rebuild the layout every time.

Pinning windows on top

Each separate window has a pin button in its title bar.

Pinning keeps that window above other windows. This is useful for compact views that should remain visible while you work in the main app or another program.

Pin state is remembered. If a window was pinned when the app closed, it will be pinned again when that window is restored.

Window title bar controls

Separate windows use a compact app title bar.

  1. Pin keeps the window on top.
  2. Maximize or restore changes the window size state.
  3. Close turns that separate window off.

Closing a separate window from its title bar is the same as turning its switch off on the Windows settings page. The app saves the current placement before closing it.

White-line fix

Some Windows, monitor, and text-scaling combinations can show a thin white line at the top of the app window when custom title bars are used.

If you see this, open Settings, then System, then Appearance, and turn on the white-line fix. The app applies a window border adjustment after a short delay so the line is hidden more reliably.

You may never need this setting. It exists because Windows display scaling, monitor DPI, and custom WinUI title bars can interact differently across systems.

Multi-monitor tips

  1. Put high-attention views where your eyes already go, such as Live View on the main monitor.
  2. Put reference views, such as Help or Log, on a side monitor.
  3. Keep the main app window available for navigation and camera control.
  4. Use pinning for small views that should not fall behind larger windows.
  5. If a window opens somewhere unexpected, use its navigation item to bring it back or make it glow.
  6. Use Reset all if you want to rebuild the layout from scratch.

Related workflows

Use the Image Browser in a separate window when you want to review captures while keeping camera controls visible.

Use the Log in a separate window when diagnosing camera, storage, scanner, trigger, or help behavior.

Use Hotkeys with separate windows to keep keyboard-driven workflows fast even when focus moves between views.