Chapter 2. Graphic Interface

Table of Contents

1. Main window : Menus
2. Mouse Toolbar
3. 3D Overview
4. Info Editor
Property
Element
Hierarchy
Statistics (not available in standard version)
5. View window
Pop-up Window of graph view

1. Main window : Menus

The main window of Tulip software is composed of several sub-windows and a menu bar :

  • File : This menu is used for making usual operations : New, Open, Save, Save As, Print and Exit. Others are added : Import, Export ans Save as picture. This last gives the choice of the method to execute them.

  • Edit : This is composed of tools : Cut, Copy, Paste and Find. Operations affect the selected objects. This menu contains also : Deselect all, Reverse Selection, Delete Selection, New subgroup, Reverse selected edges direction, group.

  • Property : This one is divided in several parts to make a difference between the kind of algorithms you can apply. There are : Selection, Layout, Metric, Colors and Sizes.

  • Clustering : This menu contains algorithms for computing subgraphs from your graph. It builds a hierarchy of the graphs.

  • View : This is composed of the operations about a view. It is possible to redraw, center or restore a view and to redisplay each of the dialog windows.

  • Windows : This menu contains two options for the management of the views in the workspace : cascade or tile mode.

  • Options : This menu allows to enable/disable the display options: Force ratio, Map metric, Morphing and Grid.

  • Help : In this menu, you can find informations about the software and the way to make your first steps with this software.