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These screenshots are from Autodesk Maya 2008.

• Select Window -> Settings / Preferences -> Preferences

• Under the Categories list on the left, highlight Interface

• Set Open Attribute Editor to In separate window

• Click the Save button (or use File -> Save Preferences)

Sounds pretty straightforward, huh? The oddity is that if you are used to opening the AE with this little icon toggle,

it won’t work per the preference changes made above! This button will, however, open the AE in the main Maya window (the default behavior).

To open the AE in a separate window (as we just told Maya above), use the menu Window -> Attribute Editor.