# PhotoshopElements

# Work with palettes

The Palette Bin lets you store multiple palettes in a single area that you can easily configure, close, or keep open for easy and fast access. By default, the Palette Bin appears on the right side of the workspace. When you adjust palettes, they remain as you leave them until you reset or change them.

The Palette Bin

A.
  Collapse or expand a palette

B.
  Adjust palette height

C.
  Palette menu

D.
  Scroll to view rest of palette

E.
  Change palette tools

F.
  Adjust palette width

G.
  Show or hide Palette Bin

1. To adjust the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

   - To adjust its height, drag the dark gray bar on the left side or dotted-line bar on the bottom.

   - To adjust its width, choose to collapse, show, or hide it.

   - To show or hide the bin, choose Window > Palette Bin; or click Hide or Show Palette Bin.

2. To use palettes in the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

   - To remove a palette from the Palette Bin, drag the palette’s title bar out of the Palette Bin.

   - To add a palette to the Palette Bin, drag the palette’s title bar into the Palette Bin. Or, click the More button in the palette, select Place In Palette Bin When Closed, and then close the palette.

   - To rearrange palettes in the Palette Bin, drag the palette’s title bar to a new location.

   - To expand or collapse palettes in the Palette Bin, click the triangle next to the palette’s name.

3. To use palettes outside of the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

   - To open a palette, choose the palette’s name from the Window menu.

   - To close a palette, choose the palette’s name from the Window menu. Or click the Close button in the palette’s title bar. (This option works on palettes that you’ve opened from a menu. If you’ve dragged a palette out of a bin and click the Close button, the palette simply returns to the bin.)

   - To change the size of a palette, drag any corner of the palette.

   - To group palettes together (one palette with multiple tabs), drag another palette’s tab onto the body of the target palette. A thick line appears around the body of the target palette when the pointer is over the correct area for grouping to occur. If you want to move a palette to another group, drag the palette’s tab to that group. To separate a palette from a group, drag the palette’s tab outside the group.

   - To move a palette group, drag the title bar.

   - To expand or collapse a palette or palette group, double-click the palette’s tab or title bar.

   - To reset palettes to their default positions, choose Window > Reset Palette Locations.

     Note: If you want palettes to always open in their default positions, choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences > General, and then deselect Save Palette Locations. The change takes effect the next time you start the application.

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