# Mac - Layout Page docked to Viewports, like on PC version?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167>\
**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Created:** [February 8, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167 "2017-02-08T21:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Farkas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alan_farkas/32/766591_2.png) [@Alan\_Farkas](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Farkas)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/1 "2017-02-08T21:55:42Z")

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On PC, you can make your Layout page just another clickable viewport tab. Is Mac only able to have a “Floating” Layout window? If so, that means with only one monitor, it either hides all the toolbars, or I have to shrink my main window and slide my Layout window next it?

Help!

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**Author:** ![John\_Brock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/john_brock/32/476283_2.png) [@John\_Brock](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/John_Brock)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/2 "2017-02-08T21:59:02Z")

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As I understand it, that behavior isn’t possible in Mac Rhino.

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**Author:** ![milezee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/milezee/32/522471_2.png) [@milezee](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/milezee)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/3 "2017-02-08T22:37:48Z")

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you can set up ‘tabs’ in mac version, view menu,-show tabs bar, also in preferences general, there are tabbed options

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**Author:** ![John\_Brock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/john_brock/32/476283_2.png) [@John\_Brock](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/John_Brock)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/4 "2017-02-08T22:46:35Z")

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@dan or @marlin will have to chime in on the specifics.  
When we first previewed these new tools before they were released to the public, the limitation was asked about and all I recall is it wasn’t currently possible (or desirable to Mac users), to mimic the Windows Rhino behavior.

Perhaps a better question is if you are happy with Windows Rhino, why are you messing around with Mac Rhino?

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Farkas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alan_farkas/32/766591_2.png) [@Alan\_Farkas](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Farkas)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/5 "2017-02-08T23:34:21Z")

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Thanks, Milezee but I don’t see that option anywhere…?

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Farkas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alan_farkas/32/766591_2.png) [@Alan\_Farkas](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Farkas)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/6 "2017-02-08T23:34:50Z")

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I have my PC coming, and I’m learning right now on my Mac until I can make the transition…

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**Author:** ![milezee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/milezee/32/522471_2.png) [@milezee](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/milezee)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/7 "2017-02-08T23:43:27Z")

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I don’t know much about the windows set up, this is my mac set up for tabs and working between different models and layouts

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/3X/4/a/4a088fb333817773ffd114661eb9cd2216491c12.png)

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Farkas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alan_farkas/32/766591_2.png) [@Alan\_Farkas](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Farkas)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/8 "2017-02-09T00:07:34Z")

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Wow, I don’t have either of those options! On v5.3.1

Alan

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**Author:** ![milezee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/milezee/32/522471_2.png) [@milezee](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/milezee)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/9 "2017-02-09T00:10:57Z")

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uhmmm, not sure then, hopefully the mcneel chaps will chime in, i’m running the same, v5 5.3.1 , Sierra OSX

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**Author:** ![jason](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jason/32/512183_2.png) [@jason](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jason)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/10 "2017-02-09T01:59:58Z")

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Tabs interface is a feature of Mack OS sierra.

[https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/tabs-in-rhinowip/38559](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/tabs-in-rhinowip/38559)

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**Author:** ![jeff\_hammond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeff_hammond/32/768846_2.png) [@jeff\_hammond](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeff_hammond)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/11 "2017-02-09T02:00:12Z")

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> [@Alan\_Farkas](#):
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> Wow, I don’t have either of those options! On v5.3.1
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> Alan

you need Sierra for the feature.

tabbing any application is now system wide.. Rhino ties into this capability and has been further customized by mcneel

> [@Tabs in RhinoWIP](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/tabs-in-rhinowip/38559):
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> You might have discovered that [macOS Sierra (10.12) has this nice new tab feature](http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/20/macos-sierra-tabbed-windows/). I use tabs a lot - in the browser, in Terminal, in Xcode - and now in Rhino. With the [latest RhinoWIP](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-5-for-mac-wip-build-5d129w/38557), we’ve made some changes to the behavior of tabs, and we’d like you to test them out. Defaults The default tab behavior of macOS is to open new tabs only when you are in a full-screened application. Rhino respects your macOS System Preferences. If Rhino is not full-screened, you can navigate to Window \> Mer…

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ha.. what he 👆 said [/edit]

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Farkas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alan_farkas/32/766591_2.png) [@Alan\_Farkas](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Farkas)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/12 "2017-02-09T03:09:39Z")

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Ah, ok then. Thanks for the answer!

Alan

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**Author:** ![sdjames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/sdjames/32/744905_2.png) [@sdjames](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/sdjames)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/13 "2019-07-03T03:25:50Z")

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In the most recent Beta6, tabbed interface does not seem to work in Mojave. Selecting Show Tab Bar and then opening new model does not place model window in a tab, rather it opens a new window.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dan/32/481637_2.png) [@dan](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/14 "2019-07-26T17:33:01Z")

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Sorry about the late reply.

It seems to be working here in 6.16.19197.13284 (the latest RhinoBETA).

In macOS’s _System Preferences_ \> _Dock_, I have _Prefer tabs when opening documents:_ set to _Always_…

 ![DockPrefs](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/3X/5/8/589570530ff1aef3c82a3043e9b32ea316a51365.png)

In Rhino’s _Preferences_ \> _General_ \> _Tabbed Windows_ set to \_Merge all windows into one window.

![TabPrefs](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f2e741c9f8a66127710d4314bd3034910db32462.png)

When I run Command+N, I get a new tab.

I know this is a pretty convoluted set of interactions between macOS and Rhino, but we’re leveraging macOS’s default features here.

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**Author:** ![sdjames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/sdjames/32/744905_2.png) [@sdjames](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/sdjames)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mac-layout-page-docked-to-viewports-like-on-pc-version/41167/15 "2019-07-26T23:12:42Z")

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Thanks for the insights. This works for me too.