If you find that you seldom use a particular palette or palette group, you can hide it from view by clicking the close button (X) in the upper right of the palette group window. If you want to remove a single palette, drag it from the group to the Photoshop screen so it is in a window of its own. Then, click the close button to make it disappear.

 

If you click the minimize button on a palette or palette group window, the palette or group of palettes will be condensed down to a minimal area.

 

Here are four palette groups after being minimized by clicking the minus sign (minimize) buttons.

 

When a palette group is minimized, you can expand it by clicking the expand (white square on a blue field) button.

 

Another way to hide and display palettes and other screen components is to use the Window menu. If you display the Window menu, you will see a list of palettes and other screen components including the toolbox, options bar, and status bar.

 

If a menu item has a check next to it, it will be visible on the Photoshop CS screen. If an item has a checkmark, and you remove it, the corresponding screen component will disappear from the screen.

 

Notice that you can choose to hide or display the toolbox by checking or un-checking the Tools option. You can also hide or display the options bar and status bar by checking or un-checking the Options item and Status Bar item respectively.

 

You can also toggle some components to be visible or hidden by using their keyboard shortcuts. For instance, F6 toggles the colour palette, and F7 toggles the layers palette.

 

To summarize, there is a vast array of possible screen configurations for Photoshop CS, which makes it possible for the user to layout their Photoshop workspace in a way that is best suited to their needs.