GUI

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This page provides an index to all major components of visone's graphical user interface (GUI). Follow the links below to get additional information about these components. The most common usage scenarios are illustrated in the basic learning trails.

GUI.png

menus

The menus can be accessed by clicking on the strings in the top row of the visone window; follow the links below to get additional information.

toolbar

The toolbar (the row of icons just below the menu entries) provides direct access to many frequently used operations (click on the icons below to get additional information).

Filenew.png Fileopen.png Filesave.png Zoom out.png Zoom in.png Zoom 100.png Zoom fit.png Zoom fitall.png Clear background.png Analysis mode.png Edit mode.png Navigation mode.png Attribute manager.png Collection manager.png Animation.png Quick layout.png

Short descriptions and (if available) keybord short-cuts to activate these operations are provided below.

  • Filenew.png new empty network creates another tab in the visone window, containing an empty unnamed network (shortcut: Ctrl+n)
  • Fileopen.png open network from file opens a file browser, allowing to load an existing network from a supported network format (shortcut: Ctrl+o)
  • Filesave.png save network to file saves modifications to the network or proceeds to save as if network has never been saved yet (shortcut: Ctrl+s)
  • Zoom out.png zoom out zooms to the next smaller custom zoom factor (shortcut: Alt+o)
  • Zoom in.png zoom in zooms to the next larger custom zoom factor (shortcut: Alt+i)
  • Zoom 100.png zoom to 100% zooms to default size, used for newly generated empty tabs (shortcut: Alt+1)
  • Zoom fit.png fit network zooms (in or out) to fit network into tab (shortcut: Alt+t)
  • Zoom fitall.png fit all networks collects coordinates from all tabs and applies common zooming to fit all networks into their tabs based on these coordinates
  • Clear background.png clear background clears background information (such as contour lines, concentric circles, or status levels)
  • Analysis mode.png
  • Edit mode.png
  • Navigation mode.png
  • Attribute manager.png
  • Collection manager.png
  • Animation.png
  • Quick layout.png

tabs

The tabs in the left-hand side of the visone window give access to complex operations, such as network analysis, visualization, or transformation; follow the links below to get additional information.

network area

The network area is the large part of the visone window aligned to the lower right corner. Besides displaying the network, this area provides direct access to inspect and/or modify node and link properties, as well as to select, create, or delete nodes and links. How your mouse interacts with the network area depends on the current mode. The three modes are (click on the icons to get additional information)

  • Analysis mode.png analysis mode allows the selection of elements (appropriate in most situations);
  • Edit mode.png edit mode allows the creation of nodes and links;
  • Navigation mode.png navigation mode for zooming;

To change the mode click on the appropriate icon in visone's toolbar.

A mouse right-click on a node or link (or one of several selected nodes or links) opens the node context menu or link context menu, respectively. These context menus allow, among others, to open the node properties dialog or link properties dialog in which graphical properties of nodes, links, and labels, as well as attribute values can be modified.