Chapter 4. Corelyzer Layout

Table of Contents

4.1. Tools Palette
4.2. iCores control window
4.2.1. Menus
4.2.2. Local (status)
4.2.3. Subscriptions
4.3. Visualization canvas

Once ‘OK’ button is clicked in the initial preferences configuration, a window (or multiple windows) will be created, according to your configuration, for the visualization display.

Figure 4.1. Initial Corelyzer screen

Initial Corelyzer screen

And main Corelyzer layout can be divided in the following sections.

  1. Tools palette

  2. iCores control window

  3. Visualization canvas

4.1. Tools Palette

Figure 4.2. Tool Palette Functions

Tool Palette Functions

Tool Palette contains often used functions and modes. In multiple monitors setup, the Tool Palette will follow the cursor moving from one monitor to another.

The functions listed in the Tool Palette, from left to right.

Interaction mode:

  • Normal mode: Use drag-and-drop mouse gesture to pan and the mouse scroll wheel to zoom/out the visualization area.

  • Create annotation mode: Crop a rectangle area to create annotation over loaded core images.

  • Modify annotation marker mode: Select and highlight a created annotation to modify circled area and the annotation flag icon's position.

  • Measure mode: To specify the start and end of an interested segment. The physical measurement will be calculated based on the mapping information specified in the Display settings of Preferences configuration.

Cursor type:

  • Regular navigation cursor: Only the mouse cursor will be shown when moving in the visualization canvas area.

  • CrossHair cursor: In additional to the mouse cursor, a crosshair will be shown when mvoing in the visualization canvas area.

Common system actions:

  • Show/Hide main window: Show or hide the main iCores control window.

  • Minimize Corelyzer: Minimize all Corelyzer layout components.

  • Quit Corelyzer: Close Corelyzer application.