HP VUE is a graphical user interface that provides workspaces, windows, menus,
controls, and a Front Panel to help you organize and manage your software
applications.
- A workspace is the screen area where you bring the applications
needed for your work, arrange them to suit your preferences, and put them away
when you're done. HP VUE initially comes with two workspaces, each giving you
a surface on which to put your applications and tools.
- A window contains a software application and frames it with controls
so you can move it, make it larger or smaller, or put it in additional workspaces.
- The Front Panel is a window that contains a collection of
frequently used controls and services all your workspaces.
- Menus and controls help you manage and operate the software
application.
You can organize application windows by choosing which applications belong in
each workspace. For example, a workspace could contain applications used for
correspondence, such as a mailer and Text Editor. Or, you could choose to set up
your workspaces according to projects.
A window frames the application with controls that:
- Focus the workstation's attention on the application window. When a
window becomes "active," its frame changes color and the application can
receive information from you via the keyboard.
- Move the window to a convenient location on the screen or to another workspace.
- Make the window bigger or smaller, or turn it into an icon.
- Remove the window from the workspace.
The window frame lets you perform common window tasks.
- Window menu button.
- Title bar.
- Minimize button.
- Maximize button.
- Resize border.
Opening an application window
- Click its button in the Front Panel
- Or, double click its icon in a toolbox
- Or, execute the command to start the application.
Closing an application
- With the mouse, choose the application's Exit or Close command
(usually in its File Menu). Or, double-click the window menu button.
As you work, your screen can become cluttered with windows. Changing a few of
those windows into window icons tidies up the workspace. Programs running
in window icons continue to run.
- Click the window's minimize button.
To restore a window from an icon:
- Double-click the icon
- Or, choose Restore from the window icon menu.
- Position the pointer:
- For a window, move the pointer over its title bar.
- For a window icon, move the pointer over the icon.
- Hold down the left mouse button as you drag it to its new location.
- Place the pointer on a window frame's side or corner.
- Hold down the left mouse button as you drag the window outline to the size.
To cancel the resize operation, press ESC
Windows in a workspace can overlap, just like pieces of paper on a desk.
And, like papers, you can change the stacking order, bringing the one needing
your attention to the top.
- To bring a window to the top, click a visible part of the window's frame.
- To bring a concealed window to the top, choose Shuffle Up from the Workspace
menu.
- Click the workspace's button in the Front Panel.
Display a workspace by choosing its button in the Front Panel.
Use the Rename Workspace button (1) to rename the current workspace.
- Display the workspace you want to rename.
- Choose the Rename Workspace button in the Front Panel to open the Rename
Workspace dialog.
- Edit the Workspace field.
- Choose OK.
A window can occupy one or more workspaces. The workspaces in which a
window currently resides are highlighted in the Occupy Workspace dialog.
To put a window in all workspaces, choose Occupy All from the window menu.
- Choose Occupy Workspace from the window menu to open a dialog.
- Click to select or unselect a workspace in which the window is to reside.
Selected names are highlighted.
- Choose OK.
Select the workspace(s) the window will occupy from the list of workspace names.
The Front Panel provides a central location for information and applications
you use frequently.
Top-row controls with an arrow at the top (1) have subpanels that extend the control's
functionality.
Use the arrow controls (1) to display and close the subpanels.
Top-row controls
- Clock displays the current workstation time.
- Date displays the current workstation date.
- Load displays the workstation activity. This control is actually
an application displaying a window in the Front Panel.
- Style Manager starts Style Manager with which you change display
appearance, such as colors, and change system device behavior, such as
mouse double-click speed.
- Help Manager starts Help Manager. The Help subpanel provides access
to additional online information.
- EE Net allows access to various network tools such as mosaic, News,
gopher and archie.
- Workspace Switch displays another workspace.
- Terminals allows access to local and remote X terminals and HP terminals.
- Printer displays printer job status on the system default printer.
The button is also a drop zone that accepts a file icon. The Printer subpanel
can be configured for other printers.
- Mailer starts your electronic mail application. The button is also a
drop zone and accepts a file icon.
- File Manager starts a File Manager window showing your home directory.
- Tools gives access to various EE tools as well as graphic and text
editors.
- Toolbox opens your Personal Toolbox. The Toolbox subpanel opens other
Toolboxes that contain actions and utilities.
- Trash Can displays the contents of the trash can. The button is
also a drop zone that accepts a file icon.
- Logo gives HP VUE version information.
- Lock locks your workstation, preventing unauthorized input.
- Rename Workspace displays a dialog in which you can rename a workspace.
- Terminal Emulator starts a terminal emulator window, providing access
to a command-line prompt.
- Text Editor starts Text Editor. The button is also a drop zone that
accepts a file icon.
- Logout begins the logout process.
- Progress Light blinks to indicate an activity in progress, such as
a new window opening.
- Move the pointer over the control and click the left mouse button.
- Move the pointer over the control's up arrow and click the left mouse
button to display the subpanel.
- Move the pointer over the subpanel control and click the left mouse button.
Use the arrow controls (1) to display and close the subpanels.
Closing a subpanel
- Choose the down arrow at the bottom of the subpanel.
Moving subpanels
- Move the subpanel as you would move any other window.
- Move the pointer over the Front Panel.
- Hold down Alt+left mouse button.
- Drag the Front Panel to its new location.
- Release Alt+left mouse button.
- Choose Minimize/Restore Front Panel from the Workspace menu.
Restoring the Front Panel
- Double-click its icon.
- Or, choose Minimize/Restore Front Panel from the Workspace menu.
- Or, choose Restore from its icon menu.
To help you manipulate the application's data, windows contain standard sets of
controls. You'll come across some of the following standard controls:
- Buttons execute commands, start action, or specify options
and settings. Types of buttons include push buttons, toggle buttons, and radio
buttons.
- Text fields provide an area where you can type information.
- Lists display a list of choices from which you can select.
- Sliders provide incremental selection from a range of values.
Controls
- Selected toggle button.
- Unselected toggle button.
- Slider.
- Selected radio button.
- Unselected radio button.
- Push button.
Choosing a push button immediately performs the associated command or action.
For example, choosing an OK button applies any changes made to a dialog, then
closes it.
- Move the pointer over the button and click the left mouse button.
Generally, selecting a toggle button merely specifies the option or setting
to be used when a command, such as OK is performed. You can select more than
one toggle button in a group. Selecting a radio button also specifies an option
or setting, but only one radio button in a group can be selected at a time.
- Move the pointer over the button and click the left mouse button.
- To unselect the button, move the pointer over a selected button and
click the left mouse button
- Click to go up one line.
- Click to go up one page.
- Drag the slider to scroll incrementally.
- Click to go down one page.
- Click to go down one line.
A selected list item highlights and is acted upon when a command, such as
OK, is chosen.
- Click the list item.
- Choose a command, such as OK.
In some lists, double-clicking an item selects the item and chooses the default
command.
- Click the field to get the text insertion cursor.
- Start typing.
- Select text in the field to edit:
- Character(s): Move the pointer to the first character and drag
the pointer to the last character.
- Word: Double-click the word.
- Line: Triple-click the line.
- Multi-line field: Quadruple-click the field.
- Type the replacement text.
Editing keys
- Arrow
- Move the text insertion cursor.
- Backspace
- Delete the character before the cursor.
- Delete char
- Delete the character following the cursor.
- CTRL+Delete char
- Delete all the characters from the cursor to the end of the current line.
Cutting and pasting eliminates the need to retype text. You can cut from and
paste into:
- Text fields.
- Terminal emulator windows.
- Editor windows.
Cutting text
- Move the pointer to the start of the text block.
- Hold down the left mouse button and drag the pointer to the end of the text
block.
Pasting text
- Put the text insertion cursor at the target location.
- Click the middle mouse button to paste the text into the field.
To Unselect text, click the left mouse button in an empty area of the window
that has the text selected, or press ESC
- Drag the slider by moving the mouse while holding down the left mouse
button.
A menu is a list of frequently-used commands that help you manage windows
and operate software applications.
Choosing a menu command performs an associated action. For example, choosing
Minimize from a window menu turns the window into an icon.
Some of the most common menus are:
- Window menus.
- The Workspace menu.
- Software application menus:
- Menus that "pull down" from the application's menu bar.
- Menus that "pop up" on an application or on a desktop object.
Menu commands that have mottled labels are inactive. These commands are only
available under certain conditions. For example, the Restore command is
available in a window menu only when the window is an icon.
An underlined character in a command is called a mnemonic. A key
sequence listed to the right of some commands is called an accelerator.
Both mnemonics and accelerators provide you with quick keyboard access to menu
commands.
- Click the left mouse button on the window menu button to display
the menu. Or, if the window is an icon, click the icon.
- Click a menu command.
Or, you can use the dragging method:
- Hold down the left mouse button as you drag the pointer through the menu.
- When you reach the command, release the mouse button.
To close the menu without choosing a command, click anywhere off the menu.
The window menu provides easy access to services that control the behavior of
the window.
- Restore
- Turns an icon back into a window. This item is active only when the
window is an icon.
- Size
- Interactively changes the size of the window. This item is inactive in
the icon's menu.
- Minimize
- Turns the window into an icon.
- Maximize
- Enlarges the window to its greatest allowable size.
- Lower
- Puts window on the bottom of the stack of overlapping windows in a
workspace.
- Occupy Workspace
- Displays a dialog to select the workspaces in which the window should
appear.
- Occupy All Workspaces
- Displays the window in all workspaces.
- Unoccupy Workspace
- Removes the window from the current workspace. This item is inactive
if the window is displayed in only one workspace.
- Close
- Closes the window, removing it from the workspace.
- Move the pointer over the workspace backdrop.
- Hold down the right mouse button as you drag the pointer through the menu.
- When you reach your choice, release the mouse button.
The Workspace menu can only be accessed with the mouse.
The Workspace menu contains commands that help manage the workspace.
- Shuffle Up
- Puts the bottom window (in a stack of overlapping windows) on the top of
the stack.
- Shuffle Down
- Puts the top window (in a stack of overlapping windows) on the bottom of the
stack.
- Refresh
- "Repaints" the screen should the display become unreadable.
- Minimize/Restore Front Panel
- Turns the Front Panel into an icon. When selected a second time, restores
the Front Panel.
- Beep
- Makes your computer beep.
- Rename Workspace
- Pulls up your Rename Workspace window which allows you to rename your
workspace.
- Next Workspace
- Switches to the next workspace as shown in the workspace switches on the
Front Panel.
- Previous Workspace
- Switches the the previous workspace as shown in the workspace switches
on the menu bar.
- Restart Workspace Manager
- Stops then restarts the Workspace Manager after you have
customized configuration files.
- Log out
- Begins the logout process, the same as pressing the exit button
in the Front Panel.
Clicking Method
- Display the menu:
- For a menu bar menu, click the menu name using the left mouse button.
- For a popup menu, click the menu name using the right mouse button.
- For an object's popup menu, click the object with the left mouse button.
- Click the command.
To close the menu without choosing a command, move the pointer off the
menu, and click the mouse button a second time.
Dragging method
- Hold down the mouse button as you drag the pointer through the menu:
- For a menu bar menu, use the left mouse button.
- For a pop-up menu, use the right mouse button.
- Release the mouse button when you reach the command.
To close the menu without choosing a command, move the pointer off the menu and
release the mouse button.