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<concept id="GUID-EB212C35-5416-4CA7-8091-61B45D78E220" xml:lang="en"><title>Toolbar</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>The toolbar offers quick access to some of the key functions in the application

view. All of the functions must also be found from the <uicontrol>Options</uicontrol> menu. </p>

<fig id="GUID-8F4054B9-F6F6-4328-ACFF-459B03398FAC">

<title>Toolbar</title>

<image href="GUID-2A4DED23-D0AB-436A-BCED-F0645FF05726_d0e71460_href.png" placement="inline"/>

</fig>

<p>A tooltip is an information pop-up containing information regarding each

button must be shown.</p>

<p>Following toolbar button types can be used:</p>

<ul>

<li><p><b>Command button</b> offering direct action (functions/view access)

like <i>Send</i> or <i>New contact</i> with a button press feedback. Related

tooltip indicates the function of the button. Command button may have a long

press functionality included such as <i>Fast forward</i>.</p></li>

<li><p><b>ON/OFF button</b> can be used for active/inactive type of functions

such as <i>Loudspeaker</i> or<i> Font italics</i>. Button has related latched

down effect. Button icon graphic and tooltip indicate the function of the

button, and they stay the same regardless of the button state. No long tap

allowed.</p></li>

<li><p><b>Mode toggle button</b> can be used for switching between several

modes as in <i>Flash</i>. Button icon graphic and tooltip change and should

indicate the current status.</p></li>

</ul>

<p>Toolbar buttons are view specific, thus within one application some views

may have toolbar and some do not. It is recommended though to keep the toolbars

as consistent as possible within an application. Changing toolbar buttons

within one view is not allowed, but button can be dimmed in case function

is not available, for example, depending on focused item in the view or currently

available services. Application may change the buttons according to product

concept.</p>

<p>The order of the toolbar buttons in different orientations is according

to the reading direction  the first item is placed topmost when the toolbar

is vertical and leftmost when the toolbar is horizontal in western languages.

The appearance of functions in Toolbar should follow the order presented below.</p>

<table id="GUID-D8D1CBB2-C07E-43EA-80E5-9163865A0B2D"><title>Appearance order

of toolbar functions</title>

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1"/><colspec colname="col2"/>

<thead>

<row>

<entry>Function type</entry>

<entry>Description</entry>

</row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry>Call</entry>

<entry>Call initiation related functions</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Reply</entry>

<entry>Replying to a message</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Send</entry>

<entry>For sending the content in focus</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Create new</entry>

<entry>For creating a new message, note, folder, contact or some other item</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>View switching</entry>

<entry>For functions such as Go-to or View mode switching</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Editing</entry>

<entry>For switching to editing mode</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Opening extension</entry>

<entry>For opening the toolbar extension in case all the functions within

the extension are a collection of options of similar type and can be grouped

under one command, for example, Insert -extension for inserting image, video,

presentation and so on. </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>Delete</entry>

<entry>Deleting the item in focus</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry>More -extension</entry>

<entry>For opening the toolbar extension “More” in case the functions within

the extension are various kinds and cannot be grouped.</entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table>

<p>Application specific commands that do not fit into any function type described

above are to be placed between Create new and Opening the extension in the

order list.</p>

<p>The application may decide the initial state of ON/OFF and Mode toggle

button in application launch. They can also be reset or resumed from the previous

session.</p>

<fig id="GUID-2D9D4495-4AA3-4DA8-9AC7-B989189CD2F3">

<title>Toolbar button states: example of ON/OFF type of button</title>

<image href="GUID-9E0C8892-E67F-4DC9-8253-2F65611AD4C6_d0e71631_href.png" scale="50" placement="inline"/>

</fig>

<section id="GUID-EC526E89-570D-4611-A44D-ABDA4918805E"><title>Floating toolbar</title><p>Floating

toolbar is a component for showing the key functions on top of the Main pane

or full screen content. It can be used in non-touch UI, but also in touch

UI.</p><p>Floating toolbar owns the focus, and thus it can be used only if

other content in the view does not need the focus. It means that floating

toolbar cannot be used with lists and grids.</p><p>Opening and closing the

floating toolbar can be done with the <uicontrol>Show toolbar</uicontrol> / <uicontrol>Hide

toolbar</uicontrol> command via the Options menu. In this case the toolbar

is open by default.</p><p>Floating toolbar can also be designed to be opened

via MSK labeled as <uicontrol>Toolbar</uicontrol>. For closing the toolbar,

there has to be then a <uicontrol>Hide</uicontrol> button or the toolbar is

closed after selecting a function. Navigation keys can be used as a shortcut

for opening and closing the toolbar, when not used for anything else in the

view. Time-out can be used for closing the toolbar.</p><p>There

can be 3-6 buttons in the floating toolbar depending on used resolution. Thus

the most important functions must be designed to be the first ones in the

toolbar; so that they are visible, for example, in case only three buttons

fit the layout.  </p><p>When the toolbar is open, it owns the Selection key

for selecting the focused toolbar button. Toolbar does not own the right and

left softkeys. The user can move the focus over the toolbar buttons with the

Arrow keys (left and right). The focus loops, and the toolbar itself does

not scroll.</p></section>

<section id="GUID-2010D820-45FF-464A-8C11-34A657A566B3"><title>Floating toolbar

extension</title><p>Toolbar button can be reserved for opening a toolbar extension,

where more options can be found. Placement of the extension button within

toolbar can be found from the appearance order in the table <xref href="GUID-EB212C35-5416-4CA7-8091-61B45D78E220.dita#GUID-EB212C35-5416-4CA7-8091-61B45D78E220/GUID-D8D1CBB2-C07E-43EA-80E5-9163865A0B2D">Appearance order of toolbar functions</xref>. The button has a default graphic,

which the application can change if needed. </p><p>Toolbar extension buttons

are for similar actions as buttons in toolbar, which means the same types

and rules apply for toolbar extension buttons. Extension should be used for

accessing a set of logically similar options, for example, when selecting

content to be inserted to a message or for adjusting imaging session related

values in camera. </p><p>Extension can have 2 – 12 buttons (3x4 in landscape

and 4x3 in portrait). The filling order follows the grid filling rules, thus

for example most important one should be placed as first. In floating toolbar

extension, the last extension button is reserved for closing the toolbar. </p></section>

<section id="GUID-6BFBE3CC-FE17-4F61-98A5-2E14EFEAD1E9"><title>Toolbar component

in touch UI</title><p>In touch UI the toolbar is either fixed in the layout,

or a floating component. Both toolbars cannot exist in one view.</p><p>Toolbars

are view specific, thus all views of an application do not have to have a

toolbar.</p><p>Selection in touch toolbars is done with a single tap, and

related tooltip is shown with stylus down.</p></section>

<section id="GUID-348E53C9-1F1D-42EC-8E0C-635CA18DB9D8"><title>Floating toolbar

in touch UI</title><p>The number of floating toolbar buttons in the nHD (640

x 360 pixels) layout is three. In case floating toolbar is used in full screen,

there can be four buttons. </p><p>Floating toolbar owns the focus also in

touch UI, and thus cannot be used in views that have focus for main pane content.</p><p>Floating

toolbar can be opened and closed as in non-touch UI via the Options menu or

with the Selection key, or it can be opened by tapping the main pane area.

In this case closing is done by tapping the main pane area again, with time-out

or by selecting a function.</p></section>

<section id="GUID-75A2EDF2-10D7-4CCC-A6AA-4B55BA21C46D"><title>Fixed toolbar

in touch UI</title><p>The number of fixed toolbar buttons in the nHD (640

x 360 pixels) layout is three. It reserves own space from the layout and does

not cover the content of main pane area. </p><p>Fixed toolbar does not have

a highlight, and thus it can be used in all views (whether main pane needs

the highlight or not).</p><p>  Fixed toolbar cannot be opened or closed, but

it is always visible. Toolbar can be hidden in case other controls are also

hidden (in full screen views).</p><fig id="GUID-C5A359DF-1C8F-42D3-B86F-79A49EB97D70">

<title>Toolbar in touch UI fixed in the layout</title>

<image href="GUID-05C87497-738B-473C-B5B2-BE46D32225F5_d0e71711_href.png" placement="inline"/>

</fig></section>

<section id="GUID-4BBFEE08-26AA-4F6E-B74A-F82BD75F3E59"><title>Toolbar extension

in touch UI</title><p>As in non-touch UI, toolbars can have extensions also

in touch UI. For floating toolbar in touch UI, the same rules apply as defined

for floating toolbar extension in general. In touch UI, the toolbar extension

can always be closed with the same toolbar button as it was opened, or by

tapping outside the extension area. </p><p>In addition to general extension

rules, the toolbar extension for fixed toolbar has certain specific guidelines.

Besides buttons, the extension of fixed toolbar can include editor fields,

for example, for entering an URL or for the Find function in the browser.

The most important editor field is to be the topmost and has the cursor by

default.</p><note> In case editor field(s) exists, there is less space for

buttons in landscape layout compared to portrait layout.</note></section>

<section id="GUID-C01D7518-956D-41B1-8AD6-540AE70844CD"><title>Using

toolbars in C++ applications</title><p>The APIs to use for creating a toolbar

are the <xref href="GUID-B05B61B8-1217-441F-BAFA-C209C8F123C5.dita">Toolbar API</xref> for

the toolbar itself and the <xref href="GUID-F3EE1000-71A6-4D48-A30B-3D2357BF20FB.dita">Generic

button API</xref> for the buttons in the toolbar.</p><p>For implementation

information, see <xref href="GUID-95CE2206-7AE0-48C0-97A7-4E2082F9F662.dita">Enabling

quick access to functions with a toolbar</xref>.</p></section>

</conbody></concept>