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Properties panels drive me crazy. I need to control when panels appear & disappear!

I have the Mockups Desktop application, and I'm trying to work with it, but the Property Inspector for each object (ie, each object's control panel) is driving me absolutely nuts. The things are constantly in my way, preventing me from seeing the mockup clearly when I position or reposition objects. I read that I can drag it out of my way, and then it will just appear where I left it. But I am creating webpage mockups, so I there is no out of the way place. (Well, I do have two monitors, so I did stretch the app interface all the way across both screens, just so I'd have a space on the other monitor where the properties panels can appear and disappear every 1-2 seconds. But that's far from an ideal solution, and not every can do that. Plus, even the flashing panels distract me.) Anyway, considering how much people hate popup windows and ads, I'm surprised the programmers chose this approach -- and as far as I can tell, the programmers did not even provide users with a option to use a keyboard shortcut to control the properties panel. Or just do what every other PC application does: link it to the right-mouse button.

If I'm wrong -- and there is an option to make the properties panels completely disappear until I click the right mouse button or a particular keyboard combo -- then please let me know, and accept my apology for unnecessary complaint. Otherwise, please add such an option ASAP. As it stands right now, I'm on the verge of shelving this application altogether.
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