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Views Widget

SJulianS edited this page Oct 27, 2020 · 16 revisions

The Views Widget provides a on overview of all existing views. From within the widget, new views can be created and old ones can be (re)opened in the Graph View, duplicated, have their name changed, searched, and deleted.

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Widget Components

The widget itself comprises three components: a table listing all existing view including a timestamp of their creation, a toolbar at its top, and a context menu that is shown whenever right-clicking one of the view in the table.

Table

The table is the center part of the views widget and provides an overview of all existing views as well as their time of creation. The table can be sorted by name as well as creation date and may also be searched using the dedicated search capabilities.

Toolbar

The toolbar on the top of the widget facilitates the actions Create New View (1), Open View (2), Duplicate View (3), Rename View (4), Delete View (5) and Search View (6) described in more detail below. When clicking on one of the buttons, the respective action is applied to the view currently selected within the table.

View Manager Toolbar Actions

Context Menu

Right clicking a view in the table opens the context menu. As does the toolbar, it provides access to the actions Create New View (1), Open View (2), Duplicate View (3), Rename View (4) and Delete View (5).

View Manager Context Menu Actions

Create New View

Creates a new view. It’s added to the table and a new tab showing that view is added to the Graph View.

Open View

Opens the selected view in the Graph View. If a tab showing that view is already shown in the Graph view that tab gets focused. Otherwise a new tab showing the selected view is added to the Graph View.

Duplicate View

Duplicates the selected view. It’s added to the table and a new tab showing that view is added to the Graph View.

Rename View

Opens a prompt to change the name of the selected view. The new name must be unique.

Delete View

Deletes the selected view both from the table and the Graph View.

Search View

To find a specific view, the table can be filtered. Pressing the shortcut CTRL+F while the widget is focused or left clicking the magnifying glass in the toolbar of the widget toggles the search bar. Only views matching the text in the search bar are shown in the table. The views can be filtered by either name or timestamp. The filter stays active regardless of the search bar being visible or not. The magnifying glass in the toolbar changes to a green color to indicate that the filter is active.

Sort Views

By default, the views are ordered by time of creation. Earlier created views are shown further up the table. The order can be reversed by left clicking the Timestamp header. Left clicking the View Name header sorts the views alphabetically by its name.

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