>

<para>Tool views can be positioned in any sidebar, to move a tool right click
its sidebar button and select from the &RMB; menu</para>

<para>A tool view can be marked as <emphasis>persistent</emphasis> in the &RMB;
menu for its sidebar button. The sidebar can contain
more tools at one time so that when a tool is persistant other tools can be
shown simultaneously.</para>

</sect2>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="kate-mdi-editor">

<title>The Editor area</title>

<para><indexterm><primary>Editing Area</primary></indexterm>
&kate; is capable of having more than one document open at the
same time, and also of splitting the editing area into any number of
frames, similar to how for example &konqueror; or the popular
<application>emacs</application> text editor works. This way you can
view several documents at the same time, or more instances of the same
document, handy for example if your document contains definitions in
the top that you want to see often for reference. Or you could view a
program source header in one frame, while editing the implementation
file in another.</para>

<para>When a document is available in more than one editor, changes
made in one editor will immediately be reflected in the others as
well. This includes changing the text as well as selecting
text. Search operations or cursor movement is only reflected in the
current editor.</para>

<para>It is currently not possible to have more instances of the same
document open in the sense that one instance will be edited while the
other will not.</para>

<para>When splitting an editor into two frames, it is divided into two
equally sized frames, both displaying the current document of that
editor. The new frame will be at the bottom (in the case of a
horizontal split) or at the right (for a vertical split). The new
frame gets the focus, which is visualized by a small green led in the
focused frame.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="kate-mdi-tools-file-list">
<title>The Document List</title>

<para><indexterm><primary>File list</primary></indexterm>
The file list displays a list of all documents currently open in
&kate;. Modified files will have a small <guiicon>floppy
disk</guiicon> icon on their left to indicate that state.</para>

<para>If two or more files with the same name (located in different
folders) are open, the names of the second will be prepended
<quote>&lt;2&gt;</quote> and so on. The tool-tip for the file will
display its full name including the path, allowing you to choose the
desired one.</para> <para>To display a document in the currently
active frame, click the document name in the list.</para>

<para>You can sort the list in a few different ways by rightclicking the
list and selecting from the <guisubmenu>Sort By</guisubmenu> menu.

The options are
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Opening Order</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Lists the documents in the order of opening</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Document Name</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Lists the documents alphabetically by their name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>URL</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Lists the documents alphabetically by URL.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</para>

<para>The document list will pr default visualize your history by shading the
entries for the most recent documents with a background color. If the document
was edited, an extra color is blended in. The most recent document has the
strongest color, so that you can easily find the documents you are working on.
This feature can be disabled in
<link linkend="config-dialog-documentlist">The Document List Page</link>
of the configuration dialog.</para>

<para>The default location in the &kate; window is to the left of the
editing area.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="kate-mdi-tools-file-selector">
<title>The Filesystem Browser</title>

<para><indexterm><primary>Filesystem Browser</primary></indexterm>
The Filesystem Browser is a folder viewer, allowing you to open
files from a displayed folder in the current frame.</para>

<para>From top down, the Filesystem Browser consist of the following
elements:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>A Toolbar</term>
<listitem>
<para>This contains standard navigations tool buttons:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>Home</guibutton></term>
<listitem><para>Pressing it will cause the folder view to <command>cd</command> to your home folder.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>Up</guibutton></ter