Graphical User Interface
Key Regions of the Graphical User Interface
PAMGuard features a dynamic, multi-panel user interface. The key regions of the interface are:
- Main menu
- Tabbed panel area
- Side panel
- Status panel
Main menu
The menus in PAMGuard are generally dynamic, i.e. items on the menus change depending on the current user-selected view and/or modules selected. Most of the settings are accessible through the main menu items, although some actions are carried out exclusively through mouse operations.
Tabbed panel area
The tabbed panel area gives access to the available plugin module views, by clicking on the appropriate tab. As you change from one tabbed panel to the next, the menu and side panel items update accordingly.
Side panel
The side panel allows you to view information from plugin modules, even when their tabbed panel is not selected.
The content of the side panel will depend on which modules have been loaded. The side panel can be collapsed to make more room for the main tabbed panel by clicking on the small button in the top right hand corner of the side panel.
Status bar
The status bar is by default located at the bottom of the PAMGuard window. This view provides information on PAMGuard’s current status, for example, which sound card is running, which file is processing, available memory, etc.
