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Window Layout

The MathJet GUI is a single main window divided into a few well-known zones. Knowing what each zone does makes the rest of this section straightforward.

The main window

Section titled “The main window”
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Title bar                                                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Menu bar:  File · Edit · View · Plot · Data · Tools · …         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Standard toolbars  (File · Edit · View · Format · Data)         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Browser toolbar  ·  Tab list toolbar  ·  Context toolbar        │
├──────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────┤
│ Tool     │                                           │  Tool    │
│ windows  │  Central tab widget                       │  windows │
│ (left    │  (chart sheet / spreadsheet / editor)     │  (right  │
│ dock)    │                                           │  dock)   │
│          │                                           │          │
│          ├───────────────────────────────────────────┤          │
│          │  Tool windows (bottom dock)               │          │
├──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┤
│ Status bar (mode buttons · zoom slider · quick-stats summary)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Section titled “Menu bar”

Common menus — File, Edit, View, Tools, Window, Help — are always visible. Document-specific menus (Plot, Data) appear or hide based on the kind of document in the active tab.

Toolbars

Section titled “Toolbars”

Toolbars appear in two layers:

  • Standard toolbars (File, Edit, View, Format, Data) sit just below the menu bar and contain buttons for basic tasks — open, save, undo/redo, zoom, copy, etc.
  • Context toolbars sit immediately above the central tab widget and change with whatever document has focus:
    • For a chart sheet, the Figure toolbar.
    • For a spreadsheet, the Sheet toolbar.
    • For a script editor, the Editing and Debugging toolbars.
  • Browser toolbar is shown below the standard toolbars by default and is typically used in conjunction with the File Browser for filesystem navigation.
  • Insert toolbar appears at the bottom of the active tab when a spreadsheet or chart sheet has focus, providing quick access to buttons for creating new graphs and shape objects.

Central tab widget

Section titled “Central tab widget”

The visual focal point of the GUI. Holds figures, spreadsheets, and script editors as tabs. Click a tab name at the bottom of the region to activate that document. Drag a tab name out of the header region to undock the tab into a floating window.

The Tab list toolbar at the top of the widget shows the name and information about the currently active tab in a combo-box. Clicking the drop-down button shows a complete list of all tabs and contains buttons for importing, exporting, and bookmarking the file associated with the current tab, plus more options for docking and undocking.

Tool windows and dock zones

Section titled “Tool windows and dock zones”

Tool windows live around the central tab widget. Each can be docked into one of the perimeter zones (left, right, bottom — and also above the central area for some configurations), undocked into a floating window, resized, and saved as part of the workspace layout.

Many tool windows share common UI elements: a filter / search box, an options drop-down, and a drag-and-drop affordance for moving items into the central tab. See the GUI section index for a list of every tool window and what each does.

Status bar

Section titled “Status bar”

The bottom of the window. Contains:

  • Mode buttons for chart-sheet operation modes (Normal, Chart Layout, Label Editing, Print View — see Chart layout reference).
  • Zoom / scale slider for adjusting the overall scaling factor of plot windows and spreadsheets — useful for switching between close-up and bird’s-eye views.
  • Quick stats summary — count and totals for the current selection in a spreadsheet or chart.

See also

Section titled “See also”