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title: "Customize the Vicon Nexus user interface"
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In addition to the usual resize and close window options, you can slide the **Resources** and **Tools** panes to either side of the Vicon Nexus window and or minimize the **Communications** pane, to give you a larger workspace area.

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The following table lists further customizations that you can make to Nexus:

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| Customization | Action | Button |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hide the **Resources** and/or **Tools** panes | At the top of the **Resources** or **Tools** pane, click the **UnPin** button. | ![image](media://c925c34d-efbc-44ae-944f-47994e044866) |
| Hide the **Communications** pane | Double-click a tab within the **Communications** pane; or  
To hide the pane whenever you load a trial, on the **Window** menu, select the**Close Communications Pane on Trial Load** option. |  |
| Reveal the **Resources** and/or **Tools** panes | Click the text at the top of the tab at the side of the Nexus window. | ![image](media://925cbf67-c870-4bd7-b5b3-425af6eba7cd)<br>or<br>![image](media://ba42647c-2439-481e-9ec4-78c89febcb66) |
| Reveal the **Communications** pane | Double-click a tab within the **Communications** pane; or  
To make the pane visible whenever you load a trial, on the **Window** menu, clear the**Close Communications Pane on Trial Load** option. |  |
| Return a pane to being locked into place | At the top of the pane, click the **Pin** button. | ![image](media://93c23b42-5649-4073-8a62-59910b8da2ae) |
| Undock (float) and dock a pane | At the top of the (pinned) pane, click the **Undock** or **Dock** button. | ![image](media://b7912fb4-8570-4db7-8500-6df5053cfa07)<br>or<br>![image](media://95245f0e-f77c-45f4-badc-4c15015a0ab3) |

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### Customize a View pane

The View pane cannot be undocked, repositioned, or resized in the Nexus window. However, you can open a separate floating view pane by selecting the **New floating workspace** command from the **Window** menu. This floating workspace can be repositioned and resized.

The width of the View pane is affected by resizing panes to the left and/or right of it. The height of the View pane is affected by resizing the panes below it.