The Symbol Palettes pane displays the palettes that are open in the Symbol Editor. Each palette can be expanded as a tree. A palette is identified by a header which includes its name and a small icon.

The icon represents a default palette (opened when the Symbol Editor is launched). It indicates a locked status, which means that the palette cannot be modified nor saved.

The icon represents a standard palette opened by the user.

Clicking a palette header selects the corresponding palette which becomes the new current palette. The header is highlighted (the color may vary depending on the Java and host platform look and feel).

Clicking the arrow left of a palette header expands the corresponding palette tree. Note that this does not change the currently selected palette.

Select the expanded palette by clicking its header. The header is highlighted. You can further expand the categories of the selected palette by clicking their arrow.

Right-clicking a palette header gives access to a shortcut menu. This menu contains general actions that can be performed on palettes (New, Open...) as well as actions relative to the selected palette (Save As, Close, Properties, Reporting). New Symbol and New Category actions are disabled for default (locked) palettes, but not for standard palettes.