Basic Interface question

[Pavel+]

I am on my first day with the demo.  Is there a way to change the tool behavior so that when one clicks on a tool, for example the exposure, or white balance, that the tool expands downward to show the controls?  I've looked all over the preferences and played with the program just a little while, but there seems to be no way to prevent windows popping up all over the place.  It's a seemingly small thing, but that sort of behavior makes me feel distracted in an extreme way, so I hope it's a setting that I've missed, and not the only way the program functions.

Thanks.

[v_kyr]

Take a look at the various video tutorial and help file intros/infos in order to get an overview ...

• Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials (200+)

• Affinity Photo Help

 

[R C-R]

8 hours ago, Pavel+ said:

... I hope it's a setting that I've missed, and not the only way the program functions.

It is the only way the program functions. The idea is you can move these windows that open wherever you want in the workspace, so they won't obscure some detail in the document window that you want to see while adjusting their settings.