User Interface

User Interface Overview

		Workflow Tabs: Each Workflow has its own tab. The cog icon informs about the state of a workflow (stopped or executing).
		Workflow View: This is where Units are placed, arranged, connected and modified. The background and the behavior of the Workflow view can be configured in the → Preferences.
		Message Log: Displays general information, output of Units and Workflow tracing info.
		Project Panel: Shows settings, depending on the context.
		Memory Monitor: Displays the memory allocation of the current project.

		Project: Contains a list of Workflows, Variables and Workflow specific settings.
		Inspector: Shows info, settings and attributes of the selected Unit.
		Library: Lists all available Units and corresponding documentation.
		Layout: Align and distribute tools.
		Profiling: Analyzes the Workflow in regard to execution times or memory consumption.

		Workflow List: Lists all Workflows of the current Project.
		Add Workflow: Adds a new Workflow to the current Project.
		Duplicate Workflow: Duplicates the selected Workflow.
		Remove Workflow: Removes the selected Workflow.
		Workflow Name: Here you can specify the name of the selected Workflow.
		Execute On Run: When enabled, the selected Workflow is being executed when the Project is running.
		Show Port Values: Shows values (which are transmitted via cables) next to the ports of Units.
		Show Cable Values: Shows values which are transmitted via cables.
		Show Dataflow Visualization: Highlights cables when data is transmitted.
		Cable Highlighting: Select how cables will be rendered.
		Lock Workflow: Locked workflows cannot be deleted.

		Variables List: Lists all Variables of the current Project.
		Add Variable: Adds a new Variable to the current Project.
		Remove Variable: Removes the currently selected Variable from the Workflow.
		Create Getter Unit: Places a Getter Unit in the Workflow View.
		Create Setter Unit: Places a Setter Unit in the Workflow View.
		Name: Name of the Variable.
		Variable Type: Type of the Variable.
		Value: Value of the Variable.
		Force Change: When enabled the change filter of the selected Variable will be disabled.

	Memory Monitor: Shows or hides the Memory Monitor.
	Workflow Tracing: When enabled the Workflow(s) are being traced when executing them. Tracing logs each step/action/event which occurs in a Workflow.
	Log Option – Debug: When enabled the log will show debug messages.
	Log Option – Info: When enabled the log will show info messages.
	Log Option – Warn: When enabled the log will show warning messages.
	Log Option – Error: When enabled the log will show error messages.
	Log Option – Fatal: When enabled the log will show fatal messages.
	Log Option – Trace: When enabled the log will show trace messages.
	Messages: Shows messages according to the log options. There are three columns (Date, Level and Message).
	Memory Monitor: Displays how much memory is allocated and used for the current project. The Purge button can be used to manually free up memory, if possible.