Main window
To keep things concise, SwitchClient has a single window that supports all its tasks. The SwitchClient window is displayed when the application is launched (by double-clicking the application icon, for example).
The SwitchClient window is divided in three sections:
The topmost section displays a list of buttons; this is the tool bar. In the tool bar, there is also a filtering field which allows to filter the list of jobs shown based on a part of their name.
The left section shows a list of filters for the jobs shown in the right section, based on the job (All jobs, My jobs, Alert jobs or Archive jobs) or based on the Switch Server.
The rightmost section shows the job cards based on the filtering selected at the left side.
Tool bar
The topmost section of the SwitchClient window displays the tool bar as shown above.
The tool bar offers the following tasks, in the order listed:
View Jobs or Messages (only Administrator users)
Refresh: refreshes the list of jobs shown
Toggle display: toggle between the two different job card sizes or table view
Submit file and Submit folder
Each of these tasks is discussed in a separate topic in this section.
Generic user interface elements
Several of the user interface elements in SwitchClient appear in different views (job view, message view…) and behave in a standard way across those views. The following sections describe those user interface elements in a generic way.
Menu bar
- File: Submit File, Submit Folder, View Job, Edit Job, Save Copy As..., Revert Job, Lock Job, Unlock Job, Process Job, Replace Job, View Report, Save Report and Quit SwitchClient
- Edit: Preferences... and Connections...
- View: Small Card View, Large Card View, Table View, Jobs (09 onwards), Messages (09 onwards), New Custom Filter, Remove Custom Filter and Refresh
- Help: About SwitchClient, Enfocus home page, Check for updates, Manage languages..., Manage configurators..., Switch help (html), Read me (PDF), License agreement (PDF), Online documentation, Knowledge base and Get support
The Search box saves the last searches and displays as a hint when typing in the search box.
Filters pane
The Filters pane appears at the left of the SwitchClient main window.
Custom filters:
SwitchClient offers Custom filters that can be added to the Jobs section.
Using the users can add filters and using they can remove filters.
If the Filters pane is used in the Table view, the layout (that is, column ordering and the columns that are hidden or visible) are remembered together with the filter.
The contextual menu for the Jobs section in Filters pane contains "New Custom Filter" and "Remove Custom Filter".
Content pane
The Content pane displays a list that shows jobs and appears to the right of the SwitchClient main window. The list can be a Table View, Small Card View or Large Card View.
The contextual menu for Content pane contains: View Job, Edit Job, Save Copy As..., Revert Job, Lock Job, Unlock Job, Process Job, View Report and Save Report.