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Overview of GUI Structure

where --

  1. Menu bar

  2. Toolbar

  3. Perspective picker

  4. Editor

  5. General views

  6. Model Explorer

  7. Repository

General User Interface Concepts

Views

The user interface of the SOX RCP client consists of multiple Views, which have the appearance of rectangular areas within the user interface. Views are typically used to navigate a list or hierarchy of information or display properties for the active editor. The views can be freely opened, closed and arranged. The most important and special views are the repository view and the editor.

The repository view:
The repository view is where you can find all of your SOX projects and files. You usually find it on the left-hand side when starting SOX. You always start here, whether you create a new project, import a project
or open an existing project. To learn more about working with projects, refer to SOX Projects (SOX 3.3 or before).
The editor:
Most of the time, you will work within the editor, using the other views as an aid. There is a specific editor for each module.

These are the three main parts of the editor:

The register [1] at the top shows the currently opened project.

The documents will be displayed and can be edited in the main part of the editor [2].

The register at the bottom [3] shows the currently opened documents.

Rearranging views:
You can change a view´s location on the screen via drag and drop:

  1. Click on a view´s tab, holding down the mouse button.

  2. Move the cursor to another location in the same stack of views, or even to a different stack of views. - A gray vertical line indicates where the view will be placed.

  3. Release the mouse button. The view´s tab has been placed at the new location.

You can even create a new stack (or area) for views:

When you drag a view around the screen, you can see that in certain places a double gray line appears.

This indicates that a new stack will be created if you release the mouse button there.

Minimizing views:
In the upper right corner of a view click on the “minimize” icon to minimize the whole stack of views and move it to the left or right of the screen


Maximizing views:
In the upper right corner of a view, click on the “maximize” icon. All the other sets of views will be minimized and moved to the left or the right edge of the screen.

Restoring views that have been minimized:

You can find the minimized views on the left or the right edge of the screen. Click on the "restore" button to the left or right of the screen to restore the stack of views.

Perspectives

Perspectives are predefined collections of views for specific modules. You find all the currently open perspective icons in the upper right of your screen:

"SOX Workbench" (the EnCo icon against a black backdrop) is the default perspective. Here you find the repository view, which lets you access all your files.

If you double-click on a file in the repository view in the workbench perspective, the corresponding
perspective will open.

1.Click on the Open Perspective icon to open the "Open Perspective" dialog.


2. Choose the desired perspective.
3. Click the OK button to finish.
SOX is opened in the chosen perspective with the corresponding views.


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