# Espaces de travail

## Overview

Workspace is the visual settings, also known as graphical user interface (GUI), of the Musescore program itself. An analogy to the position of the pen, ruler etc on a composer's desk. It includes the content, docked/undocked status and positions of [palettes](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/using-the-palettes), [toolbars and assorted open panels](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/toolbars-and-windows). Changes made to the current workspace are automatically saved, no further action is required. You can create custom workspaces to quickly change all these settings with a mouse click.

Note that the following settings do **not** count as workspace. **View→Show→ Show visible, Show Invisible, Show formatting, Show Frames, Show Page Margins, Mark irregular measures**, and status bar's **Concert Pitch, Zoom level, and Page View/Continuous View option**. These settings, covered in [The user interface](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/navigation/the-user-interface) chapter, are score data. They are [saved to and loaded from each score file](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/file-management/opening-and-saving-scores). Templates contain these settings and will be used when you create a new score from a template, see [Setting up your score](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/setting-up-your-score).

## Creating a new workspace

To create a new workspace:

1. Click on the current **workspace name** in the **status bar** below the document window. Alternatively, select **View→Workspaces→Configure workspace**
2. Click on **Create new workspace**
3. Fill in the name of the workspace, choose the options it contains so that only these options are loaded and saved when the workspace is used.
4. Click **Select** to close the dialog.

To customize the palettes display and contents, see [palettes](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/using-the-palettes).\
To customize the display of toolbars and panels, see [Toolbars and panels](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/toolbars-and-windows).

## Deleting a workspace

1. Click on the current **workspace name** in the **status bar** below the document window. Alternatively, select **View→Workspaces→Configure workspace**
2. Select the workspace to be deleted
3. Click on the **trash** icon at the top of the dialog.

## Switching between workspaces

1. Click on the current **workspace name** in the **status bar** below the document window.
2. In the resulting dialog box, click on the desired workspace
3. Press **Select**.

Ou alors

1. Select **View→Workspaces→Configure workspace**
2. Click on the desired workspace in the menu.