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[edit] The Window Header

Most windows have a header (the strip with a lighter grey background containing icon buttons). We will also refer to the header as the window ToolBar. If present, the header may be at the top (as with the Buttons Window) or the bottom (as with the 3D Window) of a window's area.

Sample Window Headers using the Default Theme
Sample Window Headers using the Rounded Theme

If you move the mouse over a window, its header changes to a lighter shade of grey. This means that it is "focused"; All hotkeys you press will now affect the contents of this window.

[edit] Hiding a header

There are a few ways to hide a Window Header from a window:

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  Screenshot showing the Header popup menu (highlighted in yellow); The result of RMB clicking the Header Window.
  You can hide a particular window's header by moving your mouse over the Window Header that you wish to hide; Then with the mouse cursor still over the Window Header, click RMB to display a popup menu with the name Header; The Header popup menu has the options, Top, Bottom, No Header, select the No Header menu option to hide the Window Header.
  

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  Mouse cursor positioned over the window frame/border showing the UpDown arrow icon.
  Another method of hiding a particular window's header is to move your mouse over the dividing frame/border next to the Window Header that you wish to hide (which can be just above or just below the Window Header depending on its position), when the mouse cursor is positioned correctly it will display as upward and downward pointing arrows.
  
  

  

  Popup menu that results from RMB clicking on the dividing frame/border. With the No Header menu item selected.
  When the upward and downward pointing arrows are displayed RMB click; A popup menu will be displayed with the options Split Area, Join Areas, No Header, select the No Header menu option to hide the Window Header.
  

[edit] Showing a header

Once a Window Header has been hidden, to redisplay it, do the following:

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  Mouse cursor positioned over the Window frame/border of a window with its header removed.
  Move your mouse over the dividing frame/border of the Window Header you wish to unhide (which can be just above or just below the Window Header (that you previously hid) depending on its position), when the mouse cursor is positioned correctly it will display as upward and downward pointing arrows;
  
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  Popup menu that results from clicking RMB on the dividing frame/border. With the Add Header menu item selected.
  When the upward and downward pointing arrows are displayed click RMB or MMB ; A popup menu will be displayed with the options Split Area, Join Areas, Add Header, select the Add Header menu option to add the Window Header back to the window.
  

[edit] Header position

The Window Header can be displayed at the Top or Bottom of the frame. To set a window header's position, RMB click on the Window Header and choose Top or Bottom from the Header popup menu.

Theme colours:

Blender allows for most of its interface colour settings to be changed to suit the needs of the user. If you find that the colours you see on screen do not match those mentioned in the Manual then it could be that your default theme has been altered. Creating a new theme or selecting/altering a pre-existing one can be achieved by selecting the User Preferences window and clicking on the Themes section of the window. The User Preferences window, Theme section selected.

[edit] Window type button

The icon at the left end of a header, with a click of the LMB , allows selection of one of 16 different window types.

[edit] Menus and buttons

Most Window Headers, located immediately next to this first "Window Type" Menu button, exhibit a set of menus. Menus allow you to directly access many features and commands. Menus can be hidden and shown via the triangular button next to them.

All Menu entries show the relevant hotkey shortcut, if any.

Menus and buttons change with Window Type and the selected object and mode. They show only actions which can be performed.