Pop-out windows
Move a group into its own native window so you can spread layouts across monitors.
- Desktop
A Command Center group can be popped out into its own native desktop window. Use this on a multi-monitor setup so each monitor shows a different group of layouts.
How to pop out
In the main window, with the group active, click the pop-out icon at the right end of the toolbar (the arrow-out-of-box icon). A new native window opens, owned by that group.
The popped-out window:
- Shows only the popped group’s chip and its layout tabs.
- Has no + Group button and no pop-out icon (only the main window can spawn new groups or pop more out).
- Can still add, rename, delete, and reorder layouts inside the group it owns.
Back in the main window, the popped-out group is shown as inactive and the main pane displays a placeholder card explaining the group is open elsewhere — with a Focus window button that brings the popped window forward.
Bringing it back
Close the popped-out window. The group rejoins the main window automatically with the same layouts intact.
Why a single owner
Layouts and pin state are shared, but only one window is the active editor for a given group at a time. This avoids two windows fighting over which tab is active or where a tile lives in a split. The non-owning window shows the placeholder so it’s obvious where to go to keep editing.
Tips
- Pop out the group you want pinned to a second monitor and let the main monitor cycle between other groups.
- Layouts inside the popped group still persist normally — close the window, reopen it later, the layouts are exactly where you left them.
- Pop-out is desktop-only. The portal opens layouts in regular browser tabs/windows; that’s a different mechanism.