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12 <concept id="GUID-08B878D0-C0DA-46CC-ACC2-E576E5A3D937" xml:lang="en"><title>Main |
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13 pane</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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14 <p>The main pane is the main area of the screen where an application can display |
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15 its data.</p> |
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16 <p>There are a number of standard components for applications to use in the |
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17 main pane as listed in the following table:</p> |
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18 <table id="GUID-72C9D280-C5DB-4BD8-ACA5-B4D0BCAE8EDA"><title>Standard components |
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19 for applications to use in main pane</title> |
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20 <tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="0.34*"/><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="1.66*"/> |
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21 <thead> |
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22 <row> |
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23 <entry>Pane</entry> |
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24 <entry>Description</entry> |
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25 </row> |
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26 </thead> |
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27 <tbody> |
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28 <row> |
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29 <entry><p>List</p></entry> |
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30 <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 |
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31 a detailed description of the list types).</p><p>In the landscape mode, two |
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32 row lists are most commonly stretched to be displayed in one row, which enables |
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33 displaying more items in landscape. List stretching is ON by default, but |
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34 application can decide to disable it.</p></entry> |
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35 </row> |
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36 <row> |
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37 <entry><p>Grid</p></entry> |
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38 <entry><p>Items can be presented on a two-directional grid.</p></entry> |
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39 </row> |
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40 <row> |
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41 <entry><p>Find pane</p></entry> |
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42 <entry><p>The Find pane is used together with a list, and it allows the user |
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43 to search list items alphabetically (see <xref href="GUID-F1CC06C0-0D3A-4BBC-97E1-E52D2856D7A7.dita">Find |
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44 pane</xref> for more information about the Find pane).</p></entry> |
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45 </row> |
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46 <row> |
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47 <entry><p>Status indicators</p></entry> |
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48 <entry><p>Status indicators are displayed in the Universal indicator pane. |
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49 See <xref href="GUID-0348B62D-1AE0-45F5-B06E-9EE2D83326E8.dita">Universal indicators</xref> for |
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50 more details on Status indicators.</p></entry> |
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51 </row> |
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52 <row> |
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53 <entry><p>Soft indicators</p></entry> |
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54 <entry><p>Soft indicators only exist in the Idle state. See <xref href="GUID-BA8806CC-BE7C-4927-ACF6-DA0CB6E96AAA.dita">Indicators</xref> for |
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55 more information on status indicators and soft indicators.</p></entry> |
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56 </row> |
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57 </tbody> |
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58 </tgroup> |
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59 </table> |
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60 <p>Applications can also use the main pane area to freely draw whatever is |
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61 needed. In that case, however, the responsibility for the look and feel is |
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62 entirely on the application's designer. </p> |
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63 <p>For information on how to implement |
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64 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> |
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65 </conbody></concept> |