Great tip from Troy Gates over at AUGI:
You could mimic the previous properties box by floating it over your working area and toggling it on and off with the keyboard shortcut (PP, VP or CTRL-1) or by closing with the X and reopening with right-click -> properties.
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Or make it identical to the old behavior by closing it and use the the standard windows shortcut for properties of things — Alt+Enter