ScreenIO - frames
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:12 pm
Hello ScreenIO experts,
I plan to try a feature that I've never used up til now: frames. Would I use this feature to visually "group" items on the screen, or is the frames purpose more than that? In the attached screen shot (which is from a program that is NOT a screenIO screen yet), I have a vertical "action" section off to the right of the main information that is populated with buttons. I want to have a different background color there than I do for the rest of the screen, as it does here in my example. I may also add another vertical section to the left side of the window and show "status" items there. In both cases, I want those sections to stand out as separate from the main screen though I want the buttons on them to be responsive when I'm working anywhere in the screen. Would I use frames for this? I like the fact that I can have optional borders around these sections with frames, so I will probably try that as well.
I posted this question here in case any other ScreenIO users might be interested in the answers. No sense in hiding cool features, right? I never thought of REALLY using tabs until I saw Steve's presentation at the conference this year, so thanks for sharing your knowledge. If anyone IS using frames, I would love to see a screenshot to see what you are doing with them - PLEASE?
Thanks!
-- Susan
I plan to try a feature that I've never used up til now: frames. Would I use this feature to visually "group" items on the screen, or is the frames purpose more than that? In the attached screen shot (which is from a program that is NOT a screenIO screen yet), I have a vertical "action" section off to the right of the main information that is populated with buttons. I want to have a different background color there than I do for the rest of the screen, as it does here in my example. I may also add another vertical section to the left side of the window and show "status" items there. In both cases, I want those sections to stand out as separate from the main screen though I want the buttons on them to be responsive when I'm working anywhere in the screen. Would I use frames for this? I like the fact that I can have optional borders around these sections with frames, so I will probably try that as well.
I posted this question here in case any other ScreenIO users might be interested in the answers. No sense in hiding cool features, right? I never thought of REALLY using tabs until I saw Steve's presentation at the conference this year, so thanks for sharing your knowledge. If anyone IS using frames, I would love to see a screenshot to see what you are doing with them - PLEASE?
Thanks!
-- Susan