User Guide

Getting Started
Graphical Elements and Controls
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
Interacting with the Graphical Elements
You can arrange panes of a window in different layouts or interact with a window
and its panes in various ways. These include:
● Click the icons on the window title bar top to minimize, restore down, or
maximize the window.
● Click the icons on the window title bar to quickly switch between the available
preset layouts:
– : Selection, Primary, and Contextual panes. The Secondary pane
displays only if it is already open.
– : Selection, Primary, and Contextual panes
– : Selection and Primary panes
– : Primary, and Contextual panes. The Secondary pane displays only if it
is already open.
– : Primary pane only
● Resize the panes in a layout by dragging the splitters, or expand/collapse a
pane by clicking the button on the splitter .
● Click the icon to lock the window layout . When the layout is locked, clicking
one of the layout icons will not have any effect; this means that you cannot
change the current layout, and resize, expand, or collapse the panes of the
window.
● Normally, the Secondary pane opens on demand, when you make a selection
that requires it. When the Secondary pane opens, it takes up half the space
that would otherwise be allotted to the Primary pane.
● You can prevent the Secondary pane from opening by clicking the pushpin icon
and locking the Primary pane. When the Primary pane is locked, any
selections (such as Related Items) that would normally display in the
Secondary pane are instead redirected to the Primary pane.