Layout Styles

You can display the GUI in any of the following layout styles:

See Setting Preferences for detailed information about setting display styles and functional options.

Tabbed

When you choose the Tabbed style, the harness displays the opened tool windows as a set of tabbed panes within a single frame or desktop. This is the default style.

Tabbed View

Tabs at the bottom of each pane enable you to choose the active pane and to display it on the top of the stack.

The desktop contains both the desktop menus and the tool menus from the active pane. See Menus for a description of the two types of menus that the harness provides.

The following are some advantages of using the Tabbed style:

The following are some disadvantages of using the tabbed style:

MDI

When you choose the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) style, all of the open tool windows are contained within a single desktop.

MDI Style

The desktop contains the desktop menus and each tool window only contains the appropriate tool menus. See Menus for a description of the two types of menus that the harness provides.

Following are some advantages of using the MDI style:

Following are some disadvantages of using the MDI style:

SDI

When you choose the Single Document Interface (SDI) style, the harness opens a console window and individual tool windows as separate top-level windows.

SDI Style

Each window contains the complete set of menus including the tool menus used to perform tasks from that window. See Menus for a description of the types of menus that the harness provides.

The following are some advantages of using the SDI style:

The following are some disadvantages of using the SDI style:


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