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<concept id="GUID-08B878D0-C0DA-46CC-ACC2-E576E5A3D937" xml:lang="en"><title>Main pane</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>The main pane is the main area of the screen where an application can display

its data.</p>

<p>There are a number of standard components for applications to use in the

main pane as listed in the following table:</p>

<table id="GUID-72C9D280-C5DB-4BD8-ACA5-B4D0BCAE8EDA"><title>Standard components

for applications to use in main pane</title>

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="0.34*"/><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="1.66*"/>

<thead>

<row>

<entry>Pane</entry>

<entry>Description</entry>

</row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p>List</p></entry>

<entry><p>There are several standard list types to choose from (see <xref href="GUID-E6803961-14A0-44BD-A94E-5D8A38EA907F.dita">Lists and grids</xref> for

a detailed description of the list types).</p><p>In the landscape mode, two

row lists are most commonly stretched to be displayed in one row, which enables

displaying more items in landscape. List stretching is ON by default, but

application can decide to disable it.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>Grid</p></entry>

<entry><p>Items can be presented on a two-directional grid.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>Find pane</p></entry>

<entry><p>The Find pane is used together with a list, and it allows the user

to search list items alphabetically (see <xref href="GUID-F1CC06C0-0D3A-4BBC-97E1-E52D2856D7A7.dita">Find

pane</xref> for more information about the Find pane).</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>Soft indicators</p></entry>

<entry><p>Soft indicators only exist in the home screen. See <xref href="GUID-BA8806CC-BE7C-4927-ACF6-DA0CB6E96AAA.dita">Indicators</xref> for

more information on status indicators and soft indicators.</p></entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table>

<p>Applications can also use the main pane area to freely draw whatever is

needed. In that case, however, the responsibility for the look and feel is

entirely on the application's designer. </p>

<p>For information on how to implement

your application using the Symbian application and UI frameworks, see <xref href="GUID-29486886-CB54-4A83-AD6D-70F971A86DFC.dita">Application and UI frameworks</xref>.</p>