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  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html dir="ltr">
  3. <head>
  4. <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
  5. <title>App/UI/Main window - XOWA</title>
  6. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png" />
  7. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_common.css" type="text/css">
  8. <style data-source="xowa" type="text/css">
  9. .console {font-family: monospace; color: #EEEEEE ; background-color: black ; border: medium solid black;}
  10. .code
  11. ,.path
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  13. .bold {font-weight: 900;}
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  15. </head>
  16. <body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr ns-0 ns-subject skin-vector action-submit vector-animateLayout" spellcheck="false">
  17. <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div>
  18. <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div>
  19. <div id="content" class="mw-body">
  20. <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>App/UI/Main window</span></h1>
  21. <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content">
  22. <div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
  23. <div id="contentSub"></div>
  24. <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
  25. <p>
  26. The XOWA Window is meant to be a minimalistic representation of a web browser.
  27. </p>
  28. <div id="toc" class="toc">
  29. <div id="toctitle" class="toctitle">
  30. <h2>
  31. Contents
  32. </h2>
  33. </div>
  34. <ul>
  35. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
  36. <a href="#Back_button"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Back button</span></a>
  37. </li>
  38. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2">
  39. <a href="#Forward_button"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Forward button</span></a>
  40. </li>
  41. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3">
  42. <a href="#Address_bar"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Address bar</span></a>
  43. </li>
  44. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4">
  45. <a href="#Address_bar_go_button"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Address bar go button</span></a>
  46. </li>
  47. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5">
  48. <a href="#Search_box"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Search box</span></a>
  49. </li>
  50. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6">
  51. <a href="#Search_activate_button"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Search activate button</span></a>
  52. </li>
  53. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7">
  54. <a href="#Browser_box"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Browser box</span></a>
  55. </li>
  56. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8">
  57. <a href="#Find_box"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Find box</span></a>
  58. </li>
  59. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9">
  60. <a href="#Progress_box"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Progress box</span></a>
  61. </li>
  62. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10">
  63. <a href="#Note_box"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Note box</span></a>
  64. </li>
  65. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11">
  66. <a href="#Common_behavior"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Common behavior</span></a>
  67. </li>
  68. </ul>
  69. </div>
  70. <h2>
  71. <span class="mw-headline" id="Back_button">Back button</span>
  72. </h2>
  73. <ul>
  74. <li>
  75. This button is located in the top left hand corner of the screen. It is denoted by a green arrow pointing left.
  76. </li>
  77. <li>
  78. It has the same functionality as a web browser's back button. It navigates you back to a page you left.
  79. </li>
  80. <li>
  81. To move back, click the back button or press Alt+Left.
  82. </li>
  83. </ul>
  84. <h2>
  85. <span class="mw-headline" id="Forward_button">Forward button</span>
  86. </h2>
  87. <ul>
  88. <li>
  89. This button is located in the top left hand corner of the screen. It is denoted by a green arrow pointing right.
  90. </li>
  91. <li>
  92. It has the same functionality as a web browser's forward button. It navigates you to a page you left with the back button.
  93. </li>
  94. <li>
  95. To move forward, click the forward button or press Alt+Right.
  96. </li>
  97. </ul>
  98. <h2>
  99. <span class="mw-headline" id="Address_bar">Address bar</span>
  100. </h2>
  101. <ul>
  102. <li>
  103. The address bar is located at the top of the screen.
  104. </li>
  105. <li>
  106. It can be used to navigate to other pages in the wiki.
  107. <ul>
  108. <li>
  109. For example, type "Help/Contents" into the bar and press Enter. It will take you to the main Help page.
  110. </li>
  111. <li>
  112. You can also use it to navigate to other wikis. If you type <span class='url'>simple.wikipedia.org</span> into the address bar, it will take you to the "Main Page" for Simple Wikipedia
  113. </li>
  114. </ul>
  115. </li>
  116. <li>
  117. Note that you can also press the Go button instead of Enter to select the address.
  118. </li>
  119. <li>
  120. There are other formats that can be entered into the address bar. For more information, see <a href="/wiki/App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts" id="xolnki_2" title="App/UI/Address bar/Shortcuts">App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts</a>
  121. </li>
  122. <li>
  123. To select the address bar, press Alt+D.
  124. </li>
  125. <li>
  126. The address bar also has auto-completion. Try typing in "a", "b" in the address bar
  127. </li>
  128. </ul>
  129. <h2>
  130. <span class="mw-headline" id="Address_bar_go_button">Address bar go button</span>
  131. </h2>
  132. <ul>
  133. <li>
  134. The go button is located right of the address bar. It is denoted by the downward pointing green arrow.
  135. </li>
  136. <li>
  137. It can be pressed to activate the address in the address bar. Note that you can also press Enter in the address bar.
  138. </li>
  139. </ul>
  140. <h2>
  141. <span class="mw-headline" id="Search_box">Search box</span>
  142. </h2>
  143. <ul>
  144. <li>
  145. The search box allows you to find all pages in a wiki starting with the term. This is the same as the Special:AllPages search feature
  146. <ul>
  147. <li>
  148. For example, typing in "Earth" will find all pages in the wiki that start with the word "Earth".
  149. </li>
  150. </ul>
  151. </li>
  152. <li>
  153. Note that you can also press the magnifying glass button instead of Enter to activate the search.
  154. </li>
  155. </ul>
  156. <h2>
  157. <span class="mw-headline" id="Search_activate_button">Search activate button</span>
  158. </h2>
  159. <ul>
  160. <li>
  161. The search button is located right of the search box. It is denoted by the magnifying glass icon.
  162. </li>
  163. <li>
  164. It can be pressed to navigate to activate the search in the search bar.
  165. </li>
  166. </ul>
  167. <h2>
  168. <span class="mw-headline" id="Browser_box">Browser box</span>
  169. </h2>
  170. <ul>
  171. <li>
  172. The browser box takes up most of the screen.
  173. </li>
  174. <li>
  175. Its main purpose is to render all content, such as the text you're reading now.
  176. </li>
  177. </ul>
  178. <h2>
  179. <span class="mw-headline" id="Find_box">Find box</span>
  180. </h2>
  181. <ul>
  182. <li>
  183. The find box is located in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
  184. </li>
  185. <li>
  186. It can be used to search for text on the page. If you type a word in the box, it will automatically find and highlight it in the browser box.
  187. </li>
  188. <li>
  189. The find box defaults to a hidden state. To activate it, do one of the following:
  190. <ul>
  191. <li>
  192. Press Ctrl+F
  193. </li>
  194. <li>
  195. Choose the following from the Main Menu: Edit -&gt; Find
  196. </li>
  197. <li>
  198. Right click in the browser box. Select Find from the popup menu.
  199. </li>
  200. </ul>
  201. </li>
  202. <li>
  203. To use it, do the following:
  204. <ul>
  205. <li>
  206. Type the word "box" in the find box. It will highlight the "box" in Browser box.
  207. </li>
  208. <li>
  209. Press Enter. It will now highlight the next "box" word
  210. </li>
  211. </ul>
  212. </li>
  213. <li>
  214. For more information, see <a href="/wiki/App/UI/Find_box" id="xolnki_3" title="App/UI/Find box">App/UI/Find_box</a>.
  215. </li>
  216. </ul>
  217. <h2>
  218. <span class="mw-headline" id="Progress_box">Progress box</span>
  219. </h2>
  220. <ul>
  221. <li>
  222. The progress box is located at the bottom of the screen.
  223. </li>
  224. <li>
  225. It displays transient messages from the application.
  226. </li>
  227. <li>
  228. To view the info box, do one of the following
  229. <ul>
  230. <li>
  231. Press Ctrl+Alt+P
  232. </li>
  233. <li>
  234. Choose the following from the Main Menu: View -&gt; Show Progress Messages
  235. </li>
  236. <li>
  237. Middle-click the progress box
  238. </li>
  239. </ul>
  240. </li>
  241. </ul>
  242. <h2>
  243. <span class="mw-headline" id="Note_box">Note box</span>
  244. </h2>
  245. <ul>
  246. <li>
  247. The info box is located in the bottom-right hand corner of the screen.
  248. </li>
  249. <li>
  250. It displays warnings from the application. It is disabled by default, but can be enabled through <a href="/wiki/Special:XowaCfg%3Fgrp%3Dxowa.dev.general" id="xolnki_4" title="Special:XowaCfg?grp=xowa.dev.general">Options: Dev - General</a>
  251. </li>
  252. <li>
  253. To select the info box, press Ctrl+Alt+N.
  254. </li>
  255. <li>
  256. To clear messages, press Ctrl+Alt+C.
  257. </li>
  258. </ul>
  259. <h2>
  260. <span class="mw-headline" id="Common_behavior">Common behavior</span>
  261. </h2>
  262. <ul>
  263. <li>
  264. The "Address bar", "Find box", "Progress box", and "Note box" are standard text boxes. As such, the following behavior will work:
  265. <ul>
  266. <li>
  267. Right clicking in the box will bring up the standard context menu of Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All
  268. </li>
  269. <li>
  270. The standard keyboard shortcuts will work
  271. <ul>
  272. <li>
  273. Ctrl+X: Cut
  274. </li>
  275. <li>
  276. Ctrl+C: Copy
  277. </li>
  278. <li>
  279. Ctrl+V: Paste
  280. </li>
  281. <li>
  282. Ctrl+A: Select All
  283. </li>
  284. <li>
  285. Ctrl+Z: Undo
  286. </li>
  287. <li>
  288. Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo
  289. </li>
  290. </ul>
  291. </li>
  292. </ul>
  293. </li>
  294. <li>
  295. The "Browser box" has a right-click context menu. It also responds to the same keyboard shortcuts listed above.
  296. </li>
  297. </ul>
  298. </div>
  299. </div>
  300. </div>
  301. <div id="mw-head" class="noprint">
  302. <div id="left-navigation">
  303. <div id="p-namespaces" class="vectorTabs">
  304. <h3>Namespaces</h3>
  305. <ul>
  306. <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><span><a id="ca-nstab-main-href" href="index.html">Page</a></span></li>
  307. </ul>
  308. </div>
  309. </div>
  310. </div>
  311. <div id='mw-panel' class='noprint'>
  312. <div id='p-logo'>
  313. <a style="background-image: url(https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png);" href="http://xowa.org/" title="Visit the main page"></a>
  314. </div>
  315. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-home'>
  316. <h3>XOWA</h3>
  317. <div class="body">
  318. <ul>
  319. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/index.html" title='Visit the main page'>Main page</a></li>
  320. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/screenshots.html" title='See screenshots of XOWA'>Screenshots</a></li>
  321. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0qbXYXEH6M" title="See a video of XOWA Desktop in action">Video</a></li>
  322. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title='Download the XOWA application'>Download XOWA</a></li>
  323. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" title='Download offline wikis and image databases'>Download wikis</a></li>
  324. </ul>
  325. </div>
  326. </div>
  327. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-started'>
  328. <h3>Getting started</h3>
  329. <div class="body">
  330. <ul>
  331. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title='Get XOWA&apos;s system requirements'>Requirements</a></li>
  332. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Installation.html" title='Get instructions for installing XOWA'>Installation</a></li>
  333. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia'>Simple Wikipedia</a></li>
  334. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up English Wikipedia'>English Wikipedia</a></li>
  335. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title='Learn how to set up other Wikipedias'>Other Wikipedias</a></li>
  336. </ul>
  337. </div>
  338. </div>
  339. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-android'>
  340. <h3>Android</h3>
  341. <div class="body">
  342. <ul>
  343. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" title='Setup XOWA on your Android device'>Setup</a></li>
  344. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw" title="See a video of XOWA Android in action">Video</a></li>
  345. </ul>
  346. </div>
  347. </div>
  348. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-help'>
  349. <h3>Help</h3>
  350. <div class="body">
  351. <ul>
  352. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/About.html" title='Get more information about XOWA'>About</a></li>
  353. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html" title='View a list of help topics'>Contents</a></li>
  354. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Media.html" title='Read what others have written about XOWA'>Media</a></li>
  355. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" title='Questions? Comments? Leave feedback for XOWA'>Feedback</a></li>
  356. </ul>
  357. </div>
  358. </div>
  359. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-blog'>
  360. <h3>Blog</h3>
  361. <div class="body">
  362. <ul>
  363. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html" title='Follow XOWA''s development process'>Current</a></li>
  364. </ul>
  365. </div>
  366. </div>
  367. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-links'>
  368. <h3>Links</h3>
  369. <div class="body">
  370. <ul>
  371. <li><a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
  372. <li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
  373. <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
  374. </ul>
  375. </div>
  376. </div>
  377. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-donate'>
  378. <h3>Donate</h3>
  379. <div class="body">
  380. <ul>
  381. <li><a href="https://archive.org/donate/index.php" title="Support archive.org!">archive.org</a></li><!-- listed first due to recent fire damages: http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ -->
  382. <li><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector" title="Support Wikipedia!">Wikipedia</a></li>
  383. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Donate.html" title="Support XOWA!">XOWA</a></li>
  384. </ul>
  385. </div>
  386. </div>
  387. </div>
  388. </body>
  389. </html>