User Interface Overview

	Main button
	The application's main button that allows you to save the current experiment or quit Ethotrack at any time.

Ribbon bar

Ribbon of commands organized in the form of 8 tabs. Each tab corresponding to a display mode :

File

Experiment

Reports

	Main part
	The central part of the interface which varies according to the selected display mode .

Tool windows

The tool windows (or side panels) which also depend on the display mode and whose layout can be customized:

The workspace (in all the tabs except the "File" tab): displays in tree form all the elements of the current experiment (protocol, animals, tests, ...).

Display panel (only in the "Current test" view): allows you to select the elements to display in the central part of the "Current test" view.

Information panel (only in the "Current test" view) : displays important information on the current test.

Curves panel (only in the "Current test" view) : displays analysis results in graphic form, such as the animal's movement speed, periods of immobility, the animal's presence in a zone of interest, etc.

A tool window can be:

Anchored to an edge of the main Ethotrack window.

Placed as an independent floating window.

Hidden along the edge of the main Ethotrack window: in this case, only the name of the window appears along the edge and it suffices to point the mouse cursor on this name to make the window appear.

Arrange and dock tool windows:

Method 1:

Click on the window title bar and drag it while holding down the left mouse button.

Several guides appear on the screen to indicate the positions to which you can dock the window.

Move the mouse cursor over one of the guides to reveal a blue shaded area that indicates the position where the window will be anchored.

If the position suits you, release the mouse button to dock the window.

You can also release the mouse button outside of a guide to make the window float and position it anywhere on the screen.

Method 2:

Click with the right mouse button on the title bar of the window to bring up the contextual menu then choose a command:

Floating: makes the window float and moves it to the last known floating position.

Dockable: Docks the window to the edge of the main window at the last known docked position.

Hide: hides the window. You can use the corresponding button on the command ribbon to make it reappear.

Auto-hide: only the window name appears along the edge, and hovering the mouse cursor over that name will bring up the window.

Method 3:

Double-click on the title bar of the window to switch from the "floating window" state to the "docked window" state and vice versa.

You can, at any time, restore the layout of the default windows as it was when Ethotrack was first launched. To do this: open the Ethotrack "Options" dialog box by clicking on the File menu command, then click on .