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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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| Hide the **Resources** and/or **Tools** panes | At the top of the **Resources** or **Tools** pane, click the **UnPin** button. | ![image](media://159d3716-89bc-4b78-9513-1023d5f9feaf) |
| 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. | > Macro (inline-media-image)


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| 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://422aa97a-68eb-40ae-9db4-6ad2c495f01b) |
| Undock (float) and dock a pane | At the top of the (pinned) pane, click the **Undock** or **Dock** button. | > Macro (inline-media-image)


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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.