Hovers are small buttons which, when clicked, open to a large view. In general, hovers allow you to preview graphic content.
 

Hover buttons can be "nested" in the hover docks, three empty zones on the FotoFusion Create screen. These buttons can be manually dragged from one hover nest to another, or dropped on the area outside the canvas.

 

 

 

Pinning and docking hovers

Hovers are designed by default to open briefly, allowing you to perform a desired editing task, then close immediately.

This maximizes the FotoFusion workspace and minimizes the clutter.

 

You can choose to keep the hover editors open for an extended period of time, if you will be using them frequently (eg. dropping images from buckets or the image hover). To keep the hover open permanently, click on the pin icon at the top of the editor.

 

The icon indicates that the hover will automatically close when you are not hovered over it.

 

The icon indicates that the hover will remain opened on your canvas.
 
A pinned hover does not affect the position of your canvas, and can overlap onto the canvas workspace.

 

 

A docked hover will reposition the canvas alongside the open hover.

 
You can dock hovers around the edges of the workspace; be cautioned that the more docked hovers you add, the smaller the canvas will appear.

Switch the hover back to "automatically close" to return it to a single button, or click to close.

To remove the hover entirely from the canvas, return to its dock and click on the + sign in the dock to uncheck it from the list of available hovers.

 
 

Resizing and moving hovers

You can resize the viewing area of the hover by placing your cursor over the edge of any hover. Mouse-down on the edge to resize the hover, making it wider or narrower, longer or shorter.

 
 

Resizing thumbnails within a hover

Hovers display graphic content in thumbnail view. The Images & Buckets hover will show your images; the Search, Papers and Frames hover will show dotScrap graphics; the Pages hover (Extreme only) will show previews of your multi-page projects.

 

The thumbnails within the hover can be made larger or smaller. Click on the interior portion of an opened hover; hold Ctrl on your keyboard, and use your mouse wheel (or use the up/down arrows on your keyboard) to increase or decrease the size of the thumbnail view.

 

Adding Preset Hovers to the FotoFusion Workspace

The hover docks contain a series of preset hover button options.

To add a preset hover to any of the three docks, click on the button to reveal the options available. Checkmark all hovers you wish to have appear in your hover docks.

 

 

Once added to the dock, you can drag the hover anywhere onto the canvas.

As the name implies, hovering your cursor over the button will cause it to open and reveal thumbnail images and options available within the hover.

 

Adding custom search hovers

You can create your own custom search hovers in the following manner:

Click on the hover and perform a search, using your choice of keywords. FotoFusion will display thumbnail versions of items that match your search criteria.

To save this search, click on the button at the top of the editor to "Create New...". Type any name of your choice for your new preset search hover.

The new search hover will appear among the list of the hovers that you can add to your hover docks, as described above.
 

 

Adding custom hover layouts

You may wish to create different layouts for your hover docks depending on the type of project you are working on.

Click on the button on any hover dock, and then choose Layouts.

 

You can add the current layout (Save As...), Rename or Remove the current layout, or select a saved layout.