Customizing Viewport Layout ¶
Tip for users of QuickView version 1
QuickView version 1 allowed the user to change the size and sequence of different views (map plots) in the viewport by drag-and-drop. Users' feedback indicated that arbitrary drag-and-drop can get confusing, and it was inconvenient to not have a way to reapply the same size to all views. With these comments in mind, we have changed the mechanisms for configuring the viewport in version 2.
View size ¶
QuickView version 2 supports showing 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 columns of views (map plots) in the view port. The number of columns can be changed by pressing the corresponding number keys on the keyboard or using the Viewport Layout control panel, via the "Size" menu on the right of that panel, as shown in the screenshot below.
The viewport is evenly divided into the selected number of columns. When the user changes the width of their browser window, the individual views (map plots) will be automatically readjusted.
Grouped or ungrouped views ¶
If the user has selected and loaded variables of different shapes, then, by default, the viewport will present the map plots in groups. For each group, a vertical bar, shown in the same color as the group tab in the Variable Selection control panel, is shown on the left side of the viewport to distinguish the group. The screenshot above shows 3 variable groups.
This grouping in the viewport can be canceled (or reapplied) by using the G key or a "Grouped" versus "Ungrouped" toggle.
Sequence of variables in the viewport ¶
In the top-left corner of each individual view, the variable name is shown. Clicking the text will activate a drop-down menu for the user to replace the current variable by a different one, resulting in the corresponding views to swap contents.
If the plots in the viewport are ungrouped, the drop-down menu will list all the other variables that have been loaded. See example in the screenshot below.
If the plots in the viewport are grouped, the drop-down menu will list all the other loaded variables in the same group that the user can choose from.
