• Flaps
  • For organizing the functionalities, we will use flaps. Flaps are parts of the layout.
  • Currently considered are the left and the right flap. Bottom flap is proposed for timeline editing.
  • Flaps contain palettes.
  • Graphics Design
• Palettes
  • Palettes look like windows and are attached to palettes.
  • Controls
    • List - a lot of palettes in Sophie contain list control. List contains list items. List items are selectable and draggable.
      • Grapics Design
        • List items - we should have several types of them - Text, text with icon, thumbnail with text
      • Interaction Design
        • List items - will all of them be draggable? For example, the plugin configuration palette, list items should not be dragged to the page work area. How should we show this to the user?
    • Buttons - How will we approach buttons? We can do them inside the list, but it won't allow multiple selection manipulation, or we should think of good way to do it. See attached image
  • Graphics Design - we currently have a realization of the palettes, see attached image
• Menus
  • Menus hold functionalities that cannot be triggered elsewhere, functionalities that can be accessed only by mouse (drag and drop) or keyboard shortcuts.
  • Menu items can only be clicked
  • Graphics Design - we can use the operating system menu styles, but it may be inconsistant with the look and feel of the application. Windows users may feel more comfortable (not sure about Mac users). We can also use icons and text for the menu items. Currently existing list items are listed here