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2. From the submenu, do one of the following:

‰‰ Select an existing Bin Layout
‰‰ Select the New Bin Layout command

3. Once a Bin Layout is selected or created, it is activated and is said to be the "current"
Bin Layout. The currently active Bin Layout will have a check mark next to it in the
menu.
4. Open the bins you want to help you perform a specific task. Arrange and
resize them, including placing bins into tabbed sets and arrange them on your
screen(s) as needed.
5. Once your bins are arranged as you like, you'll make Media Composer remember that
layout. Go to Windows menu | Bin Layout | Save Current.
6. Once the Bin Layout is saved, you may move and close them as needed without
actually updating the Layout. Because if you don't save those changes, the next time
you select that Bin layout it will return to its previously saved configuration. If you
make changes and you do indeed want to update the currently active Bin Layout,
then go to Windows menu | Bin Layout | Save Current. If you find yourself updating
your Bin Layouts frequently, you may find it convenient to map the Save Current
menu selection to a button in the interface or on the keyboard. See the Mapping
buttons and menu selections recipe later in this chapter for more information.

At the time of writing, if a new bin is opened and the current Bin View
is not saved to include this bin, then the bin will close if/when that
Bin View is reselected (either manually or because that Bin View is
linked to a Workspace). Further, if a bin that is included in a Bin View is
deleted and the layout has not been resaved, then you may get an error
message when that Bin View is reactivated.

There's more...
For easier access, you can map your Bin Layouts to buttons in the interface and/or on the
keyboard. Further, you can link them to one or more Workspaces so that they become active
when that Workspace is activated. This is covered in the Linking Bin Layouts with Workspaces
and Mapping Workspaces and Bin Layouts recipes later in this chapter.

However, since Bin Layouts are Project-specific settings, rather than part of your User Profile
Settings, the question arises—what happens if you map a Bin Layout to a button and/or link it
to a Workspace and use those settings with another Project?

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