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Dock

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The dock is an area where blocks can be moved to and from this area with the block to dock Block to dock.png and dock to block Dock to block.png icons.

The dock area with the settings and navigation blocks

The "docked" blocks appear as horizontal tabs along the left margin attached to the page.

The navigation block is shown expanded

The docked block can expand into a menu with a click on the name link. Clicking on the dock icon when a block is in the docked position, will move all blocks back to their original position.

Using the Dock

Moodle 2 introduced a dock for managing blocks. The dock is on the left and can be accessible to anyone any time on any block including navigation to an HTML block. It allows users an option of changing the look of a page on their screen.

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To place a block on the dock, click the docking option The block automatically moves to the dock To access the block, use the mouse-over.