Dock to tab:

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Now drag the Properties pane to the center section of the group of boxes as shown, and note the highlighting encompasses the entire HTML pane:
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Notice the Properties pane fills the HTML pane area, and is the currently shown pane. If you click the HTML: (ID=1656), the HTML pane becomes the active pane.
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You may now drag either of these panes out to a floating position, by dragging as shown:
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