User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan User Guide Version 3.7
605-0000-426
GSI 014
Draft Issue 6.0. Date 4/4/00
Page 49 of 305
In the illustration, the main application, complete with title bar, menu bar and tool bar,
has been maximised to full screen, and child windows have been opened within the main
application.
• Title Bar The title bar shows the name of the application. If more than one
window is open, the title bar for the active window is highlighted. In Figure 15,
the main application, the Sitespan Equipment View is active and the title bar is
highlighted. In addition, within the main application, a number of child
windows have been opened, and of these, one is highlighted as active.
• Menu Bar The menu bar lists the available menus which are provided as drop-
down menus.
• Scroll Bars Refer to windows user guide.
• Window Adjustment Refer to windows user guide.
• Control Button Refer to windows user guide.
• Status Bar The status bar, along the bottom of the screen, displays context-
related help messages.
• Tool Bar The tool bar is used to provide a quick access to commonly used
commands, see Figure 16. The command is invoked by clicking on the
associated button. A context sensitive help message is presented on the status
bar for each tool bar button. This message can be viewed by placing the mouse
pointer on the tool bar button and holding down the mouse button.
Note: The command will be invoked if the mouse button is released while still
pointing to the tool bar button: drag the pointer away from the tool bar button
before releasing the mouse button if the command is not required. A description
of the Sitespan Tool Bar Buttons is given at the end of GSI-014.
Tool Tips and Special Cursors
The windows Tool Tips are short help messages that appear on a yellow background.
They are automatically activated the mouse on an object or toolbar button for a few
seconds.
Figure 16. Toolbar Buttons
In Sitespan there are a number of special cursors and tool tips.
Modem Shelf
This cursor appears when pressing the right mouse button to a title field on
a list view and indicates that the field pointed to can be re-ordered by
holding down the left mouse button and dragging the field to a new
position.
The normal white arrow cursor changes to the subview cursor left to
indicate that there is a subview of the object at this point. Leaving the
cursor on the object for a few seconds invokes a description of the sub
view available.