By default these two palettes are docked on the right, in the middle of the application. You can select one or the other by clicking the tab at the bottom of this palette.
The Catalog palette shows all the schemata
that are present in the Physical Schemata
section of the MySQL Model page. Expand the
view of the objects contained in a specific schema by clicking
the + button to the left of the schema
name. Doing this displays the following folder icons:
Tables
Views
Routine Groups
Expand each of these in turn by clicking the + button to the left of the folder icon.
Selecting an object in this palette, displays its properties
in the Properties palette.
This palette is principally used to drag and drop objects onto an EER diagram canvas.
You can autohide this window by clicking the push pin icon on the title bar. Doing this displays a vertical tab on the right side of the application. Mouse over this tab to view its contents. Autohiding a window when it is a tabbed window, autohides all the tabbed windows at that location.
This palette shows all the layers and figures that have been
placed on an EER diagram. If a layer or figure is currently
selected, an X appears beside the name of
the object and its properties are displayed in the
Properties palette. This can be especially
useful in determining which objects are selected when you have
selected multiple objects using the various options under the
Select menu option. For more information on
this topic see Section 6.1.2, “The Edit Menu”.
Selecting an object in the Layers palette
also adjusts the view port to the area of the canvas where the
object is located.
You can autohide this window by clicking the push pin icon on the title bar. Doing this displays a vertical tab on the right side of the application. Mouse over this tab to view its contents. Autohiding a window when it is a tabbed window, autohides all the tabbed windows at that location.
In some circumstances you may want to make an object on an
EER diagram invisible. To do this, select the object and, in
the Properties palette, set the
visible property to
False.
The Layer palette provides an easy way to
locate an invisible object. Open the
Layers palette and select the object by
double clicking it. Once an object is selected you can reset
the visible property from the
Properties palette.

