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titleThe home folder concept

Each Metview session defines a home folder (by default it is ~/metview). This folder is set as both the home and root folder for Desktop! This has two implications. First, the home folder icon

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in Desktop always refers to the Metview home folder (and not the UNIX home folder)! Second, we cannot directly access files outside this file system from within Desktop (but we need to use symbolic links for these files/folders).

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

A new tab can be added

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titleTabs are saved
On exiting Metview the list of opened tabs are saved! Tabs can also be saved as bookmarks.

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