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

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:


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