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3.3.1.4 Information Dialog Box

Jumpshot-4 wouldn't be complete if it cannot provide a way to tell user what exactly are being displayed. It is particularly important when there are many preview drawables. Following standard user interface practice, Jumpshot-4 uses right mouse clicking as an interface for user to tell Jumpshot-4 what object that more information is needed. In general, anywhere on the canvas, both timeline and time ruler canvases, can be inquired with right mouse clicks. Information dialog box will pop up accordingly to tell user more about object that is being clicked. There are 3 different types of information dialogs: Drawable Info Box, Duration Info Box and Time Info Box. All these info boxes remain in memory as long as they are not closed even if the canvas has been scrolled or zoomed. One of the usages of the info boxes is to serve as time markers in between zooming and scrolling.



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