When Snap Controls are enabled, during the 'snap to' action an on-canvas pop-up messages will briefly display feedback on how the snap will be placed (example, Bounding Box Corner to Bounding Box Corner).Mouseover ? on top of any on canvas editing icons (i.e., nodes, handles, segments, etc.) and the editing icon will change colors and generate a tooltip message in the Statusbar's Notification area.Edit/Tool buttons that are currently enabled will have blue square/rectangle backgrounds.When a button or numerical-value box foreground is grayed out, this indicates that the button/box cannot be used under the current canvas selection/status, but will still display a pop-up message.And if the button or box is available for execution, the interface will highlight the button/box with a light blue visual indicator (background). Mouseover ? the cursor on top of any interface button, numeric-value or unit of measure box and the interface will display a pop-up (feedback) description of the button and boxes.Here are some examples of Inkscapes HIG features: It also provides feedback with pop-ups, tooltip and notification messages for any interface buttons, numeric value and units of measure boxes, on canvas editing icons, bounding boxes, guides, etc. The HIG uses visual indicators, like background and cursor (pointer) changes. The Inkscape interface is based on the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) standard. 13.4 Tool-tips and Notifications display.‣ View ‣‣P revious Window or Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+ Tab ↹.‣ View ‣‣N ext Window or ⇧ Shift+ Tab ↹.
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You can also switch between file windows using If you work with two or more files, you can position each window side by side on the screen or across multiple monitors. The sub Menu option ‣ View ‣‣Sh ow/Hide allows on and off display of various bars, the Menu bar is the only bar that cannot be hidden. One can still export based on page, selection, drawing and custom. The Page can be seen as the print area and is restricted by its 'page border'.The Canvas area is the play area for your creations, the canvas has no borders.The Statusbar at the very bottom of the interface, displays common editors, dynamic tool-tip messages of the current on Canvas node/handle mouseover ?, edits and Menu bar interaction being performed.The Pallete bar below the bottom Scrollbar and above the Statusbar displays customizable color palletes.The Snap Controls bar is displayed on the right side of the user interface and sets the snapping methods (modes).The Scrollbars are placed to the right and bottom, adjacent to the canvas.The Rulers bar shows the x and y axis positioning of the cursor on the canvas and is one source for placing Guidelines over the canvas.The Tool Controls bar displays editing option buttons (icons), numeric-value (if applicable) and unit of measure boxes for the currently enabled Toolbox bar tool.Related commands are grouped together and separated by vertical lines (|). The Commands bar contains common commands associated with file and graphic editing.The menu titles are displayed, and if assigned the titles keyboard shortcut key(s) are also displayed. The Menu bar across the top contains file and graphic based editing, using a number of drop-down menus.Inkscape v0.91, Graphical User Interface (GUI) The window layout of an application is also referred to as the Graphical User Interface (GUI). You can also adapt the bars and dialog displays to the way you draw, by customizing the Main Window view with style settings. You can create and edit graphics using various displays, such as bars, dialogs, numeric value and unit of measure boxes. The Inkscape default window is laid out with four bars at the top, two on the left, two on the right and three at the bottom. (2) The Statusbar (bottom center) will provide an updated Notificaton message describing the highlighted Menu bar item. (1) The mouseover of one of the drop down menu items will highlight (background color) the item. For a quick example, click the Menu's bar ‣ File option, then mouseover ? one of the ‣ File options and there will be two feedback features. The Menu bar is title, not button, based so when using these titled edits Inkscape still provides updated assistance. This is visible on the Main Window as every bar's button (icon), numeric value and unit of measure boxes will produce tooltip (help) messages. Ne of Inkscape's main priorities is ease of use.