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MetviewUI stores icon positions and types in hidden files (dot files). There is one such file for each icon. In Desktop this information is still stored but there is only one dot file per folder.
The Desktop window
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Overview
A Desktop window is divided into six parts.
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- Menubar: contains menus and actions
- Toolbar: contains a set of buttons/widgets to customise the view and navigate through the folders
- Folder view: contents of the currently selected folder (or folders in different tabs).
- Sidebar: contains the Bookmarks panel
- Drawers: drawers are a set of centrally accessible folder tabs. They appear at the bottom of each Desktop window.
- Statusbar: displays information about the icons and provides the buttons for changing the icon size
Tabbed interface
The central part of Desktop can contain multiple tabs each showing a different folder. Folder navigation works for each tab independently.
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| On exiting Metview the list of opened tabs are saved! Tabs can also be saved as bookmarks. |
Folders
Opening folders
Folders are represented by this icon in the user interface:
To enter a folder double-click, hit enter or right-click Open on the icon. Folders can also be opened in a new tab or window by using the context menu of the Folder icon.
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The concept of home folder
Each Metview session defines a home folder (by default it is ~/metview). This folder is set as both the home and root folder for Desktop! This has two implications. First, the home folder icon
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in Desktop always refers to the Metview home folder (and not the UNIX home folder)! Second, we cannot directly access files outside this file system from within Desktop (but we need to use symbolic links for these files/folders).
Folders
Opening folders
Folders are represented by this icon in the user interface:
To enter a folder double-click, hit enter or right-click Open on the icon. Folders can also be opened in a new tab or window by using the context menu of the Folder icon.
The central part of Desktop can contain multiple tabs each showing a different folder. Folder navigation works for each tab independently.
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| On exiting Metview the list of opened tabs are saved! Tabs can also be saved as bookmarks. |
Folder navigation
Folder navigation is based on the Back, Forward and Up arrows and on the Breadcrumbs, which are all located in the toolbar.
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