Interface tour

Larrygram has one set of commands and two complete layouts on top of it. Pick the one you know: both open the same drawings and run the same commands.

In progress

Panel Modern and Panel Classic arrive with v1.0 alpha. Current builds switch between two command-bar layouts generated from published command data, Panel (2016 data) and Panel (365 data). Both stay available after the new layouts land.

Panel Modern

From top to bottom:

1. Title bar: the app icon and the Quick Access Toolbar on the left, the document title in the middle, and a help button.
2. Tab strip: the File button, then the tabs Home, Insert, Design, Data, Process, Review and View.
3. Command bar: the controls of the selected tab, in groups with a caption under each. A launcher in a group’s corner opens more options. The ^ button at the far right collapses the command bar.
4. Body: the Shapes window on the left, then the drawing with rulers.
5. Page tabs: one tab per page, an All menu listing every page, and a button to insert a page.
6. Status bar: the page number, and zoom controls on the right.

Tips:

• Double-click a tab, or press Ctrl+F1, to collapse the command bar. Click a tab to show it over the drawing; double-click again to pin it.
• Contextual tabs appear to the right of View when they apply: Picture Tools, Container Tools and ShapeSheet Tools.
• Scroll the mouse wheel over the tab strip to move between tabs.

Panel Classic

From top to bottom:

1. Title bar: the document name and the app name.
2. Menu bar: File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Data, Shape, Window and Help, and a “Type a question for help” box at the right end.
3. Toolbars: Standard on the first row and Formatting on the second. Show or hide toolbars in View > Toolbars.
4. Body: the docked Shapes window on the left, then the drawing with rulers on the top and left.
5. Page tabs: first, previous, next and last page buttons, then the tabs.
6. Status bar: the width, height and angle of the selection, and the page number.

Tips:

• Press Alt or F10 to put focus on the menu bar; underlined letters show the access keys. Alt+F opens File.
• Use the arrow keys to move through menus, Enter to choose and Esc to close.
• Right-click a shape, a page tab or text you are editing for its context menu.

Switch layouts

Switch at any time, without a restart:

• The welcome wizard: shown on first start, and again from Help > Welcome. In progress
• Options: choose the layout under Panel layout.
• The command line: start the app with --ui-layout. See Installation.

Larrygram remembers your choice.

The canvas

• Zoom at the pointer with Ctrl and the mouse wheel. Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- zoom in and out, and Ctrl+0 fits the page to the window.
• Pan by dragging with the middle mouse button, or hold Space and drag.
• Turn the grid and rulers on or off from View or Options.
• Set the display units (inches, millimeters, centimeters, meters or feet) in Options.

Note

Many controls in both layouts are listed but not built yet. They appear disabled with the tooltip “Not yet implemented”.