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General Features

Navigating Connector: User Interface Overview

All the applications in the Connector application suite use the same three-pane user interface. This user interface consists of the Application Bar, the Main Panel, and the Sidebar


1.Application Bar 2.Plus Menu 3.Toolbar 4.Sidebar 5.Main Pane

Layout

Application Bar

Open and switch between the applications in the suite by clicking on the icons (Mail, Calendar, etc.)

Main Panel

This is where the contents of your Connector are displayed, and where you view, add, edit, and delete items. This area works the same, whether the items are email messages, calendar events, people, files, or bookmarks. Depending on what you selected, it shows a list of items or the details of an item.

Toolbar

Depending on the application you are in, the toolbar displays actions you can perform on selected items in your list. Common actions are: New, Copy, Move and Delete. Controls are grayed out if not applicable (e.g. if you do not have permission to delete other users, the Delete control is grayed out).

List View

List View is the first view that is displayed when you click a group icon. The List View shows the list of items of the group selected (from the sidebar). For instance, you can view a list of all your unread email messages, or view all files relating to a particular project.

Plus Menu

Click on the ‘Joyent Plus’ to access utilities such as Joyent Customer Center, Preferences, Help, and advanced features such as Account Switching and Domain Aliasing (via Customer Center). This is also where you go to log out of your Connector.

Using List View

Peek View

To quickly ‘peek’ at items you have in your list, click the expand arrow on the right side of each item to quickly view item details.

Selecting All

To select all of the items in list view, click the checkbox at the top of the list. All items on that page will be selected. If the list of items stretches across multiple pages, Select All only applies to the current page.

Note: When all items on the page are selected, clicking the Select All box will de-select all. Clicking individual items when all are selected will de-select the individual item. If no items or only some items are selected, clicking the Select All box will select all items.

Sorting

In list view, you can sort items by column headings (date, name, size, type, etc.).

Item View

Click on any item in list view to view more detailed information about the item.

From within the item view, you can edit this information by clicking the Edit control.

Note: When editing an item, be sure to click Save at the bottom of the page before exiting.

To return to list view, click on the group’s icon on the Groups tab.

Sidebar

Whereas the Application Bar allows you move between applications, the Sidebar is where you organize and navigate your information within each application. It also contains features that allow you to effectively share information with other users on your team.

The Sidebar has four tabs: Groups, Tags, Access and Notify:

The Groups and Tags tabs contain basic features of Connector and are discussed in more detail below. The Access and Notify tabs, however, are relevant only if you are using Connector to share information with at least one other user. This is a more advanced feature and will be covered in future editions of the User Guide. If you would like to use this feature now, please visit the Joyent Forums for more information.

Using the Sidebar

Sizing

Sidebar can be horizontally resized to widen either the main current application content area or the sidebar. Just place your cursor over the resizing control.

Controls

While creating new item (event, contact, etc.), you can tag the item, restrict access to it, and notify another user about it before saving the item. From list view (in any application) you can tag, set access, and notify for multiple items at one time.