Main Window - General

The main window consists of five main parts: The menu bar at the top, the toolbar immediately below, the tree view in the left part of the window, the message view in the bottom, and finally the tab area that occupies the main part of the window. Above the message view, and between the tree view and the tab area, there are separators that can be dragged with the mouse to resize or hide the different parts.

Main Window

The menu bar

The menu bar allows you to invoke commands. These commands are described in detail in the following sections, sorted under what menu they can be found in. Many commands are also available as toolbar buttons and as keyboard shortcuts, and these are summarized in the Main Window Toolbar Buttons and Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts sections.

It should be noticed that some commands are only available in certain states of the application. For example, Cut is only available if some kind of editor is open and some elements are selected in this editor.

The toolbar

The commands available as toolbar buttons are listed in the Main Window Toolbar Buttons section.

The tree view

The tree view in the left part of the window can show two different trees depending on what tab has been selected at the bottom of the view. The project tree shows the list of source files in the project, and the commands available on the project tree are listed in the The Project Tree section. The blocks tree is an integral part of the schematic editor and will be described in the The Blocks Tree section.

The message view

The message view shows textual messages from various functions in RTflow, including the compiler and the simulator. Compiler error messages commonly includes a link to the failing element, shown in brackets (< and >) and in blue color instead of the ordinary black text. These links can be clicked to open the containing schematic and select the failing element.

The tab area

The tab area is the main area of the window where source file editors and the simulator view open. Each editor and the simulator is associated to a tab at the top of the area such as when the tab is clicked, the contents are brought into view. Clicking the cross in a tab closes it. Right-clicking a tab brings up a context menu with the Close and Close All commands. Refer to the help sections for these commands for details.