If you are short of desktop space or prefer an uncluttered layout this could be a solution.
Presentation View is initially activated from the top menu bar. View - Presentation. To alternate the view with the standard screen hit
P on the keyboard.
P again will return to presentation view.
Presentation View gives a larger screen view than Full Screen view. Its background colour is black rather than grey though. To move the image around the screen drag the Birds Eye view around inside its box.
Initially in the Presentation View, all tools are hidden. They will appear when the curser hovers over their normal position. Tools can be undocked and moved around the screen to suit and will then remain visible. Undocked tools loose visibility when the mouse curser moves off them.
Attatched is a resized full screen, grab, to illustrate. Notice that the taskbar has also vanished. In this screen grab the curser was resting on the minimised edit list hence its visibility. The birds Eye and Edit tools were undocked and moved, therefore permenantly visible.
Chopper is from yesterdays Steam rally.
Don
Ps Chris, I have just re-read your comments in post 3 so this may help you.