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-====== User Interface Design Guide ======
-To have a common look & feel on all the platforms OOBD is supposed to run,its been planned to have a similar behavior as a web browser, which means in general to have a single, stateless page, from where you can move away by selecting something, or you can jump one page back using a back - button.
-When the program starts, at first it is shown
-  * the OODB logo
-  * the OOBD URL
-  * optional: A selection method of the script engine to use, if the implementation supports more as one engine
-  * a start button (to start straight with the actual settings)
-  * a menu entry for configuration
-{{:pics:ui_entry.png|}}
-When a script engine is started, a page is generated containing all the visualizers of that page.
-Each visualizer shows at least 3 different information:
-  * the actual value (that can be e.g. text, a symbol, a analog bar graph etc.)
-  * the  meaning of that value (text, an image, the tool tip of an icon etc.)
-  * a set of flags, where up to now 3 are defined:
-    * reprents that visualizer another submenu
-    * is that visualizer update-able?
-    * is that visualizer auto- refresh-able?
-    * is that visualizer [[:doc:logging|loggable]]?
-The flags are splited into system and user flags. 8 flags (0-7) are reserved for system, 8 free for the application.
-The meaning of the system flags and their appearance are defined as follow:
-^  System Flag appearance  ^^^^
-^  Nr  ^  Meaning               ^  Textual  ^  Symbol                 ^
-|  0   |  Sub-Menu              |  >        |  {{:pics:forward.png|}} |
-|  1   |  Update                |  U        |  {{:pics:update.png|}}  |
-|  2   |  Auto-Refresh (Timer)  |  T        |  {{:pics:timer.png|}}   |
-|  3   |  Log                   |  L        |  {{:pics:text.png|}}    |
-|  3   |  Back to previous Menu |  <        |  {{:pics:back.png|}}    |
-Where of course the size of the symbols are driven by the available space.
-If a flag is not set, it either shown textual as a dot . or the symbol is grayed out.
-Example:
-{{:pics:ui_flags.png|}}
-On these pages there's either a "hardwired"  Back- Key on the device itself or a Back- Button {{:pics:back.png?16|}} to go back to the previous page.
-The value of on visualizer is been updated (or the action of such visualizer) is been started by
-  * selecting the entry and press the main "ok" button on devices with key controls
-  * tap on the visualizer on devices with touchscreen
-  * double click on that visualizer on mouse controlled device
-Each visualizer also has a context menu containing the following function calls:
-  * Detail (optional): If the whole text might not fit onto the screen, this function opens a scrollable text area to show the complete visualizer output
-  * toogle flags: Each available flag (see above) can be toggled on or of separately
-The next three function can either be also in the page menu or on the page itself, that's up to the application:
-  * Update{{:pics:update.png?16|}}: Starts the "update value" process for all visualizers of that page, which are marked as update-able
-  * Refresh{{:pics:timer.png?16|}}: Toggles the auto refresh timer on/off, which starts, when active the regular "update value" process for all visualizers of that page, which are marked as refresh-able
-  * Output{{:pics:text.png?16|}}: Brings the output text area in front
-=== The Output Textview ===
-The application also has a text output area belongs to for collecting all text outputs the script engines do. For these text area the following rules applies:
-  * normally the "text window" is hidden in the background. It comes to front, when a new output is made
-  * the text area is not cleared when the page is rebuild with different content
-  * the text area supports the following buttons
-    * Clear: clears the content {{:pics:cancel.png?16|}}
-    * Save (optional): Save the content to a file {{:pics:disk.png?16|}}
-    * Hide: brings the text area back into background {{:pics:back.png?16|}}