How to close or hide the "Output" panel

G'day, all.

I had retinal eye surgery last Autumn, and am overdue for cataract surgery. I need new glasses, but it does not make sense for me to get them until after I have the cataract surgery. All this is to explain that my eyesight ain't so good, at the moment.

(There's a reason why my chosen moniker, "DuinoSoar," is almost like dinosaur; you know, those ancient, old creatures. And, yes, I know that pteranodons were not really dinosaurs, but the cartoon pterodactyl is my chosen icon and I am sticking to it. :wink: )

I am using Arduino IDE 2.0 with the "High Contrast" theme, and need to also use larger fonts in the editor window. However, when I expand the font size, the minimum size of the Output window also gets larger and takes up more "real estate," reducing the size of the source code editor window.

I really only want the Output window when I need it (e.g. when compiling and uploading my application), NOT while I am writing and editing code.

I tried to look for how to close or hide the Output window, but cannot seem to find it.

So how do I close or hide the Output window in IDE 2.0?

Thanks and best regards,
DuinosSoar.

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Thanks, @UKHeliBob. I was not sure I was posting in the correct forum and I am grateful that you moved it to the right one.

Hi @DuinoSoar. The control for toggling the visibility of the bottom panel that contains the "Output" and Serial Monitor views is here:

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The Arduino IDE developers are tracking the problem of this control not being very intuitive here:

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Thank you so much, @ptillisch. That works just fine. I appreciate you posting the answer. As your post suggests, it was not very intuitive. I was looking up in the menus, but did not find anything there.

You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

Regards, Per

I found an alternative way of doing it (if you're still interested): Simply double click on the file name to remove/replace the output area. See image below.

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