{"id":1451,"date":"2026-08-23T05:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=1451"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:26:38","slug":"the-scratch-area","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/db\/layout-tools\/the-scratch-area\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scratch Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">The Scratch Area<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1454\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-23-060943.png\" alt=\"The Scratch Area\" width=\"94\" height=\"86\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">Any element dragged outside the page boundary is stored in the <strong>Scratch Area<\/strong> &#8211; an off-canvas holding space useful for keeping elements in reserve without cluttering your document.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">Showing &amp; Hiding the Scratch Area<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\">To show or hide Scratch Area items:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1457\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/scratch.webp\" alt=\"Showing &amp; Hiding the Scratch Area\" width=\"439\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/scratch.webp 643w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/scratch-300x202.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Go to <strong>View &gt; Show &gt; Scratch Area<\/strong>, or<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Right-click in the workspace and toggle the option.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\">When the Scratch Area is hidden, off-page objects become invisible and non-interactive &#8211; but they are <strong>not deleted<\/strong>. Toggle it back on to bring them back immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Note: Any new element dragged off-page while the Scratch Area is hidden is also hidden instantly &#8211; so your workspace stays clean automatically.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scratch Area Any element dragged outside the page boundary is stored in the Scratch Area &#8211; an off-canvas holding space useful for keeping elements in reserve without cluttering your document. Showing &amp; Hiding the Scratch Area To show or hide Scratch Area items: Go to View &gt; Show &gt; Scratch Area, or Right-click in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[20],"class_list":["post-1451","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-layout-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1451\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}