When working with larger projects, it is likely that multiple windows will appear on the desktop. However, only one of these windows will be the active window; all other windows will be inactive.
An inactive window is identified by a grey frame. An inactive window can be made active in one of several ways:
The windows can be ordered and placed on the IDE desktop by zooming and resizing them with the mouse or keyboard. This is a time-consuming task, and particularly difficult with the keyboard. Instead, the menu items ”Window—Tile” and ”Window—Cascade” can be used:
In very rare cases the screen of the IDE may become mixed up. In this case the whole IDE screen can be refreshed by selecting the menu item ”Window—Refresh display”.