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Customize the layout

The BBDrop main window is built around a central Upload Queue with six dockable panels you can show, hide, rearrange, float, or tab together to suit your screen and workflow.

The Upload Queue itself stays in the center — only the surrounding panels move.

The dockable panels

Panel Default position What it shows
Quick Settings Right column, top Image host, thumb size and format, template, action buttons
Hosts Right column, middle Image and file host workers with status
Log Right column, bottom Real-time log messages
Current Tab Progress Bottom row, left Overall progress bar and stats for the active tab
Info Bottom row, center Unnamed galleries, totals uploaded
Speed Bottom row, right Current speed, fastest speed, total transferred

The default arrangement is called Classic and is what you see on first launch.

Show or hide a panel

  1. Open View → Panels.
  2. Click the panel name to toggle its visibility.

A check mark next to the name indicates the panel is currently visible. Hiding a panel does not delete its state — re-opening it restores it to its previous position.

Rearrange panels

Layout is locked by default so you cannot drag a panel out of place by accident. To rearrange:

  1. Open View → Edit Layout to enter edit mode. A compact title bar appears at the top of every panel with a drag handle on the left and float and close buttons on the right.
  2. Drag a panel by its title bar to a new position. Drop indicators show where the panel will land.
  3. Open View → Edit Layout again to lock the layout when you are done.

In edit mode you can:

  • Move a panel to any edge of the main window or beside another panel.
  • Float a panel into its own window with the float button on the title bar (or by dragging it outside the main window).
  • Tab two panels together by dropping one panel on top of another. Tabs appear at the bottom of the shared dock.
  • Hide a panel with the close button on the title bar. Re-open it from View → Panels.

Locked mode hides the dock title bars entirely so the panels look flush against each other. The panel's own group title (such as "Quick Settings") remains visible inside the panel.

Reset to the default layout

Open View → Reset Layout to restore the Classic arrangement: Quick Settings, Hosts, and Log stacked in a right column; Current Tab Progress, Info, and Speed across the bottom; the Upload Queue filling the center.

Reset Layout brings back any panels you have hidden and restores the default sizes.

Layout persistence

BBDrop saves your layout automatically when you close the app and restores it the next time you launch. This includes:

  • Which panels are visible
  • Where each panel is docked, floated, or tabbed
  • The size of each panel and splitter

You do not need to save manually. If a saved layout fails to restore — for example after a Qt update changes the dock-state format — BBDrop falls back to the Classic layout silently.

Tips

  • Vertical monitor? Hide the bottom row (Current Tab Progress, Info, Speed) and stack everything in a tall right column.
  • Wide monitor? Float the Log panel into its own window on a second monitor.
  • Need only the queue? Hide every panel from View → Panels to give the Upload Queue the full window.
  • Lost a panel? Open View → Panels to find it, or use View → Reset Layout to start over.

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