Application layout

[jacomyal]

The layout will mimick Gephi's, but without the top blocks (browser tabs will replace workspaces). Also, a left vertical bar will offer the lifecycle features, to replace classical desktop applications "File" menu.

• Left bar for lifecycle actions (load, save...)
• Top-left block: Graph appearance block #5
• Bottom-left block: Layout block #6
• Top-right block: Context block #7
• Middle-right block: Statistics / metrics block #8
• Bottom-right block: Filters block #15

After long discussions, we decided to go another way.

Left side

• On the left, a vertical toolbar (that takes the full height) offers the following buttons (each with an icon and a text bellow):
  • Graph Data block #20 (with some margin after)
  • Statistics / metrics block #8 (with some margin after)
  • Graph appearance block #5
  • Filters block #15
  • Layout block #6
• When one of the button above is clicked, the related panel opens as a column just next to the toolbar, and takes the whole height (and can be scrollable)
• On the top right of the panel, there is a x button that allows the user to close the panel
• In the toolbar, when a panel is opened, the related tool button is emphasized

Right side

• On the right of the screen, a vertical panel (that takes the whole height) displays the following blocks consecutively:
  • Context block #7