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ecFlowUI is still work-in-progress, but is being made available for selected users to test. There are many small issues (and some larger ones) which still need to be worked on before it can become a full replacement for ecFlowview. |
Starting ecFlowUI
The command to start the application from ECMWF workstations and ecgate is:
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This version should only be for testing the new user interface and not for running a server!
Starting ecFlowUI for the first time
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New servers can be added by selecting Manage servers. This dialogue is also where servers can be set as favourites for easy access.
Selecting a server will add it to the tree view. For large servers, a Loading indicator may appear, but the user interface is still responsive.
Once loaded, a server appears in the tree view. Server and suite nodes show, in brackets, the total number of children under them. Any number of servers can be added to the view.
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The tree nodes are expanded and collapsed using the small icons to the left of each node (these may vary in appearance depending on your workstation setup). The middle mouse button does not serve this function anymore!. Alternatively, double-click on the node name.
At the top of the tree is a set of breadcrumbs, showing the hierarchy up to the currently-selected node. Clicking on a node in the breadcrumbs will select the node in the tree.
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- Status filter (show only nodes with the selected statuses)
- Show attributes
- Show icons
When a node is selected, the toolbar at the top of the tree view has a button which reveals options to display various information for the selected node, such as Output and Script. Clicking one of these pops up a floating Info Panel displaying the selected information in a tab. Which attributes are shown by default can be changed from the Edit | Preferences menu.
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At the top-right of the window is a group of icons - click on one of these to obtain a floating information panel for the currently-selected node. The panel is "detached" by default, meaning that its contents will not change if a different node is selected.
The panel can be detached or frozen by using the configuration menu at the top-right of the panel:
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It is also possible to have a permanently docked Info Panel: select Add info panel from the View menu.
The information panel appears at the bottom of the window.
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From the toolbar at the top of the window, a new Table View panel can be added. This provides an alternative, flat, way to view the nodes, and allows sorting and filtering of nodes. Work on this is incomplete, but it is in progressThis feature is still experimental and is known to be slow when acting on large servers.
Tabs and windows
ecFlowUI supports multiple windows and multiple tabs, available from the File menu. Each tab contains its own list of active servers, and the tab control itself shows the status of each server in that tab.
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Likewise, each window is separate from the other windows, each containing their own set of tabs and therefore servers.
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See separate page: Searching for nodes.
Creating custom commands
See separate page: Creating and running custom commands.
Current work
See ecFlowUI current priorities. This page lists the work in progress by priority and by subject.
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Issues can be reported directly to Sandor Kertesz or Iain Russell, or entered into JIRA as sub-issues of
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