---
title: Studio windows
description: >-
  Every tool, result and dashboard in Studio opens as a window on the canvas.
  Covers window types, controls, layout commands and what is saved.
tags:
  - studio
  - windows
---

Every tool, result and dashboard in Studio opens as a window on the [canvas](/docs/studio/canvas). A window is a draggable, resizable panel. You open it from the bottom toolbar or a sidebar, and it stays where you put it. Studio saves the open windows and their positions into the project automatically.

## Window types

| Window | Opened from | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Tool window | **Model** menu, **burst!** menu, or **Start** on the right sidebar's **Next Step** card | Holds one tool's form. It submits the job and shows the result when the job finishes |
| **Jobs Dashboard** | **Jobs & Discovery → Jobs Dashboard** | Lists all of the project's jobs, with filters and bulk actions. See [Job management](/docs/studio/job-management) |
| **Job Details** | **View Details** on a Jobs Dashboard row | One job, in three tabs: **Status & Actions**, **Technical Details** and **Results & Files** |
| **batch planner** | **chat** on the mode toggle (top right) | A 480 × 640 language-model conversation that drafts batch plans. It does not run tools |
| **Parameter Sweep Batch** | **Quick Actions → Parameter Sweep Batch** | Runs one tool across a sweep of parameter values |
| **Visual Workflow Builder** | **Quick Actions → Visual Workflow Builder** | Chains tools into a workflow template and saves it to your workflow list |
| Reports and exports | **Jobs & Discovery** menu: **Reports Catalog**, **Report Composer**, **Report History**, **Exports History**, **Bundles Viewer** and others | Build reports and review past exports |
| **Workspace Settings** | **Workspace → Workspace Settings…** | UI density, UI scale, theme, job window layout, grid snapping and drag smoothness |

The **Model** menu lists every catalogued tool, but only tools with a Studio form open a window.

Opening **View Details** for a job that already has a Job Details window brings that window to the front instead of opening a second one.

> **Run** in the Visual Workflow Builder fails in the current build: the request it sends does not reach a workflow. Saving a template works.

## Window controls

| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| Title bar drag | Moves the window |
| Edge or corner drag | Resizes the window, down to a minimum of 300 × 200 px |
| **Minimize** | Collapses the window |
| **Refresh** | Reloads the window's content |
| **Settings** | Opens the window's own settings |
| **Close** | Closes the window |
| Arrow keys, with the drag handle focused | Nudge the window 1 px per press, or 10 px with **Shift** |

A new window opens at 850 × 500 px unless the thing that opened it sets another size. Clicking a window brings it to the front.

Windows have no maximize button and no keyboard shortcut to close them or to cycle between them.

## Arranging windows

The **Workspace** menu in the bottom toolbar acts on every open window at once:

| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
| **Auto-arrange Windows** | Lays the windows out on a grid |
| **Cascade Windows** | Staggers the windows diagonally |
| **Tile Windows** | Tiles the windows side by side, up to a maximum size |
| **Snap to Grid** | Moves each window onto the canvas grid |
| **Reset Window Sizes** | Returns every window to its default size |
| **Focus Mode** | Minimizes every window except the one on top |
| **Minimize All Windows** / **Restore All Windows** | Collapses or restores every window |
| **Toggle Grid** | Shows or hides the canvas grid |
| **Close All Windows** | Closes every window |

## What is saved

Studio saves the project on its own. The saved state holds:

- the open windows and where they are
- whether each sidebar is open
- tool form data
- the drug-development checklist

When you reopen the project, it comes back as you left it. Separately, your browser remembers the last position of each window by its title, so a window you reopen lands where it last was.

## Performance

No setting limits how many windows you can open. Each window that shows a 3D structure keeps its viewer alive while it is open, though, so the page slows as you add them. Minimize or close windows you are not reading.