Moving and adjusting windows

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When you launch a 2D app, it opens in a window attached to your universal menu. You can have up to three windows attached to your universal menu. You can have multiple instances of the same 2D app open, such as multiple Browser windows.

If three windows are already attached to your universal menu when you launch another app, one of the previously opened windows will minimize to your universal menu as the new app opens in a window attached to your universal menu.

To have more than three windows open at the same time, you can detach windows from your universal menu and move them anywhere in your virtual environment. You can have up to three windows around you and three windows attached to your universal menu.

There are several ways you can rearrange windows in your virtual environment to fit your needs:

Moving windows
Minimizing or closing windows
Resizing windows
Entering theater view

Moving windows

To move a window:

Using controllers or hand tracking, move the cursor to the outside perimeter of the window. A white line will appear.
Select the white line to grab the window, and then drag it to a new location attached to the universal menu, or anywhere in your virtual environment.

Minimizing or closing windows

Minimized apps will maintain their state and can be reopened by selecting their icon from the universal menu. Apps which are open but minimized are identified in the universal menu by a white dot underneath the app icon.

To minimize or close a window:

Using either controllers or hand tracking, move the cursor to the lower-middle perimeter of the window. A menu containing three icons and the name of the app will open.
Select to minimize the app.
Select to close the app.

Resizing windows

Some 2D apps can be resized by grabbing a corner. To resize a window:

Using either controllers or hand tracking, move the cursor to one corner of the window you want to resize. A curved white line will appear.
Select the white line to grab the window, and then drag to resize the window.

Entering theater view

Theater view lets you focus on a specific 2D window, making it larger and dimming your surroundings. In theater view, you have several options available in a menu below the window:

Select to adjust the dimness of your surroundings.
Select to toggle between a curved and flat screen.
Select to toggle passthrough on and off.

To open a window in theater view:

Using controllers or hand tracking, move the cursor to the lower-middle perimeter of the window. A menu containing three icons and the name of the app will open.
Select to open that app in the theater view.
To leave theater view, select .