7.3 Interaction with Views

Views are nested inside the Valhalla Universe. Each view has a header consisting of an iconify button and a name field.

The different views share many interaction properties, that are described in this section.

Clicking in the name field puts the view on top of all other views. Clicking and dragging the name field moves the view around.

The view may be resized by placing the mouse cursor on the borders of the view (the cursor changes to a cross), and then click-and-drag to resize.

Each view has an associated menu, that is popped up by clicking the right mouse-button in the name field of the view. The contents of that menu depends on whether the type of the view. However, the menu contains in all cases Close and Iconify. Close closes the view, and Iconify iconifies the view. By selecting Deiconify in the menu popped up by clicking the right mouse-button on the icon, the view is displayed in full again.

7.3.1 Closing Multiple Views

By dragging a rectangle in the middle part of Universe, multiple views are selected (all views contained in the selected rectangle). If you then choosing Close in the Edit menu of the Universe, the selected views are all closed in a single operation.

7.3.2 View Shortcuts

• leftmouse-click on the iconify button in the upper left corner, iconifies the view. This corresponds to selecting Iconify in the name field popup menu.
• leftmouse-double-click on the icon, displays the view in full again.
• shift-control-leftmouse-click in the name field or on the icon closes the view.
• rightmouse-press on the name field or on the icon results in the view menu being popped up.
• leftmouse-drag on the name field or on the icon makes it possible to move the view or icon.
• leftmouse-click in the view name field or icon selects the view.
• Rightmouse-press on the individual lines inside the view pops up the item menu (different in the different view types).

7.3.3 View Outline

If Outline On Open is enabled, an outline is shown initially before a new view is opened in the Universe.

While outlining a view, the following actions are possible:

• leftmouse-drag inside the outline makes it possible to move the outline around.
• leftmouse-press outside the outline moves the closest corner of the outline to the position of the mouse (resizing the outline). Further dragging will continue the resize. When the mouse is released, the size and position of the outline is defined, and the new view will be opened in that size, and positioned accordingly.