ComponentsPanelOpen

Opens the Components panel.

Accessing the Command

command bar: componentspanelopen
context menu: right-click any toolbar or ribbon, and then choose Components.

Displays the Components panel:

Option	Description
Options menu	Grid View: Displays the component thumbnails in a grid pattern. Component names are truncated. Hover over a component icon to see its full name. List View: Displays a listed view of the component thumbnails. Component names are not truncated. Generate Thumbnails: Generates missing thumbnails and removes thumbnails of missing components.
Search components	Type a text string in the search field. The component thumbnails are filtered as you type displaying components of which the name contains the text string only.
Navigation toolbar	: Browse home. Shows the content of the parent components folder(s). : Displays the name of the current components folder. : Displays the parent folder of the current components folder.
Thumbnails
	All thumbnail: Click to display all components in all folders and subfolders referred to by the COMPONENTSPATH system variable. Select the variable in the Program Options / Files section on the Settings dialog. Click the field, then click the Browse button () to manage the components search paths: Click the Add path button () to add a folder. Click the Delete path button () to remove a folder. Select a path, then click the arrow buttons to change the folder order.
	Folder thumbnail: Click to display the components and subfolders (if any).
	Component thumbnail: Click then move the cursor to the model to insert the component.