3.2 Using the viewgrid and tabs

When the Downlink browser first appears it has a single view pane to the right of the Downlink selection tree. You can split the browser into multiple view panes to make it easier to view several images at a time, or several types of views at once. The main area of the browser is called the view grid, and you can rearrange its layout to show multiple view panes in the browser. To change the number of view panes or change how they are arranged, create a new view grid topology by selecting from the Browser-¿View Grid Topology menu or the toolbar.

In addition to adding more view pane by changing the topology, you can also open more views by adding additional tabs. The Downlink browser has a single tab when it first appears. To add more tabs, right-click (or [Ctrl]-click if you have a single-button mouse) on the tab to display the tab popup menu. Select “Insert New Tab” to create a second tab. You can open more views on the new tab and switch back to the first tab as needed. You can open as many tabs as you like, and you can even drag views from one tab to another by dragging a view’s title bar onto a tab.

The tab menu provides additional features as well, including Rename Tab (for you to describe the views contained on that tab for later reference), Remove Tab, Move Tab Left and Move Tab Right.

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As you double-click or right-click to open views, each new view appears in one of the view panes on the current tab. If there was an empty view pane available, the new view will be placed there. If all of the view panes are occupied, the new view will replace the least recently selected view.

When you close a view, the view pane that it used to occupy becomes empty. If you would like closed views to also remove the view pane that they used to occupy, you can use the Lock View Grid Topology button on the browser toolbar. If you deselect this option, closing views will also remove their view panes, compacting the view grid topology (until there is only one viewpane remaining minimum).