💻 Interface Overview - heinsch-fa/behave-app GitHub Wiki

📖 In This Section

  • Core Objective: Familiarize yourself with the four primary workspace panels and global header buttons.
  • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes.
  • Prerequisites: Complete the 📝 Introduction to Behave version 7 setup instructions.

🧭 Functional Overview

The Behave7 user interface has been completely redesigned to provide a modern, simple experience. It consolidates complex calculations into a clean four-panel layout. The system allows you to open or collapse side panels to optimize your working space.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions

1️⃣ Optimizing Your Viewable Working Area

Maximize your central screen space by dynamically opening and closing side panels.

  • Action Required: Click the white "X" icon ( White X with Dark Blue Background ) on either side panel to collapse it.
  • To Reopen Panels: Click the Gear icon ( White Gear with Orange Background ) on the left to reveal settings, or the orange "i" icon ( White i with Orange background ) on the right to reveal help.
  • Quick Toggle: Click the white Double-Arrow icon ( White Double Arrow with Dark Blue Background ) in the top-right corner of the Working Area to instantly collapse both side panels at once. Click on the white square ( White bracketed square to reduce Working Area and open side panels and ) to expand them.

2️⃣ Navigating Global Controls

Execute program-wide actions using the static controls in the top header.

  • Action Required: Click the Behave7 Logo or the Home button to clear your active session and return to the start screen.
  • Action Required: Click Save to export your run file, or Print to generate an appendix-ready formatted PDF report.

🖼️ User Interface Reference

🔍 Static Interface Layout Blocks

The software splits tasks into four distinct zones.

Behave7_HomeScreen_Map

🔍 Detailed Starting Window Callouts

Match these numbers directly to the active elements on your screen.

Behave version 7 Home Screen with numbers marking elements described below

  1. Behave7 Logo: Resets the run by clearing all active selections and returning to the startup screen.

  2. Global Actions: Quick access toggles to return Home and reset the run, Save a run file, or Print a PDF of results.

Note

💡 Resetting Behave v7: Clicking on either the Behave7 Logo or Home has the same effect. Both of them clear all inputs and reset the run to the initial screen. Any changes you make are not saved, so save any analyses you want to keep.

  1. Modules Toggle: Displays the four core Run Types: Surface, Surface & Crown, Surface & Contain, and Surface & Mortality.

  2. Calculators Icon: Opens the standalone suite of calculators for rapid, un-saved computations.

  3. Settings Gear: Configures English/Metric unit rules and, in the future, custom fuel model and moisture scenario profiles.

  4. Working Area: The primary Workspace where users configure, input, and analyze data.

  5. Panel Collapse Toggles: Closes the individual Left Panel or Right Panel blocks to expand the workspace.

  6. Double Arrow Toggle: Instantly forces the Working Area to expand full-screen or shrink back down.

  7. Help System Panel: Context-sensitive instructional text that changes automatically based on your active variable.

🔗 Related Resources

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