Scenes Window
The Scenes Window is the interface to
save the current Workbench session (loaded files and settings) as
a Scene
(in a .scene file). Scenes allow one to save a snapshot of a
Workbench session that contains a record of all of the files
loaded and view settings, making it easy to get to a specific
display. Using scenes, one can "pick up where they left off"
when reopening Workbench.
- Scene File selection is used to
choose among loaded Scene files. Use File>Open
File... to load an existing scene file and have it
show up in this selector.
- BALSA Study ID contains the
Study ID that is provided when uploading the scene file to
the BALSA Database (currently in development). Press the
Edit button to change this value.
- New... button creates a new
Scene File. A new Scene File is created with no scenes
within it. Add any number of scenes with the Add
button.
- Show
loads the active (highlighted in blue) scene. Double
clicking on a scene's title/description will also show the
scene.
- Preview... opens a separate window with an enlarged
display of the highlighted scene's thumbnail along with the
name and description.
- Add... creates a new scene
within the current Scene File and adds it to the bottom of
the list of scenes. The scene needs to be set up
before clicking this button.
- Insert... creates a new scene
that is added to the scene list above the currently
highlighted scene.
- Replace... is used to modify an existing scene. The highlighted scene
will be overwritten at the time the Replace button
is clicked, therefore make scene changes before clicking
this button. When a scene is replaced, the
name/description of the scene can also be edited.
- Move Up moves the selected scene
up one position in the list of scenes.
- Move Down moves the selected scene
down one position in the list of scenes.
- Delete... allows one to delete a
highlighted scene from the Scene File.
- Show Scene Options
- Use background and foreground colors from scene when
a scene is created, the
foreground and background colors are added to the scene and will be used when the
scene is displayed. Note that the background and foreground colors are adjusted
using the Preferences Dialog. When a scene is loaded that contains background and
foreground colors, they will override the user's Preferences colors until a
different scene is loaded, a spec file is loaded, or this checkbox is unchecked.
Note: All additions and modifications to a
scene file are not ultimately saved (to disk) until one clicks Save
checked files in Save/Manage
files (accessed from the File menu).