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titleRequirements
The minimum recommended Metview version to run Desktop is 4.4.6.
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titleStart up

You need to start Metview with the -desktop flag. At ECMWF the command to use is as follows:

metview4_new -desktop

Outside ECMWF you need to use your local metview command.

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For MetviewUI users

Are there still dot files in Desktop?

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  • Menubar: contains menus and actions
  • Toolbar: contains a set of buttons/widgets to customise the view and navigate through the folders
  • Folder view: contents of the currently selected folder (or folders in different tabs).
  • Sidebar: contains the Bookmarks panel
  • Drawers: drawers are a set of centrally accessible folder tabs. They appear at the bottom of each Desktop window.
  • Statusbar: displays information about the icons and provides the buttons for changing the icon size

Tabbed interface

The central part of Desktop can contain multiple tabs each showing a different folder. Folder navigation works for each tab independently.

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Icons can be copied or moved between folders by using the Copy, Cut and Paste from clipboard actions in the context.

Icon editors

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Tools

Sending mails

 

Process monitor

 

 

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