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+<h2>MameUI Toolbar / Status Bar / Windows</h2>
+<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">The MameUI <b>toolbar</b> extends the width of the application
+at the top and
+can be toggled on by using the View • Toolbar menu item, or the <b>Alt-T </b>keyboard
+shortcut.&nbsp; The buttons on the toolbar from left to right are : toggle folder
+list, toggle screenshot, large icons view, small icons view, list view, details
+view, help about, and help file.&nbsp; Click the items to toggle them on or off.&nbsp;
+The toolbar also contains the game search box, typing into this text box will
+filter out games.&nbsp; It is similar in function to the <strong>Ctrl-F</strong> filter but only
+filters on game descriptive name, it is also accessible with the <strong>Ctrl-E</strong>
+shortcut.</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">
+<img border="0" src="../images/toolbar.gif" width="632" height="28"></p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">The MameUI <b>status bar</b> extends the width of the application
+at the bottom and can be toggled on by using the View • Status Bar menu item, or
+the <b>Alt-S</b> keyboard shortcut.&nbsp; The status bar indicates the full name of the game
+highlighted, and gives its internal status flag as to whether it’s working or if
+there are some issues with the emulation.&nbsp; The status bar also indicates the
+game count for the particular view used.</p>
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+<img border="0" src="../images/statusbar.gif" width="632" height="20"></p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">
+&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal"><b>MameUI can be divided into three windowed sections:</b></p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">The first section on the far left is the <b>folder view</b>,
+toggled on by using the View • Folder List menu item, or the Alt-D keyboard
+shortcut.&nbsp; This contains a tree style list that expands for certain items like
+year, manufacturer, and custom.&nbsp; By selecting one of these items, MameUI will
+display the games that meet that criterion.&nbsp; For example: selecting year / 1978,
+MameUI will
+display all the supported games manufactured in 1978.&nbsp; </p>
+<ul>
+ <li>
+<p class="MsoNormal">MameUI will display user
+created folders based on *.ini files located in the \MameUI\folders directory.&nbsp;
+See files in that location for examples.&nbsp; This location also houses the
+favorites.ini, where favorite games can be added to the text file and easily
+moved to other computers.<br>
+&nbsp; </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+<p class="MsoNormal">MameUI supports dragging and dropping games from the middle
+section game list into a custom folder in the left pane.&nbsp; MameUI supports
+the same procedure by secondary clicking on the game in the game list and
+choosing the 'add to custom folder' option.<br>
+&nbsp;</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+<p class="MsoNormal">MameUI also supports secondary clicking on a custom folder
+and renaming it, editing the custom folder name can also be accomplished by
+clicking the name of the folder three times quickly.<br>
+&nbsp;</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+<p class="MsoNormal">Secondary clicking on any of the folders also allows
+selectively displaying or hiding them in the tree.<br>
+&nbsp;</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+<p class="MsoNormal">Secondary clicking the vector folders and the \source\gamedriver
+folder allows for customizing
+away from default the games in that folder.<font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
+Secondary click on the vector folder • properties in the folder pane to set
+options for that group of games.&nbsp; To alter global settings for game
+families select the properties for it, e.g. dkong.c for the Donkey Kong family
+of games&nbsp; This will change options for
+all games based on that driver.&nbsp; Thus there is the possibility to have
+four levels of alterations when a game's individual properties are viewed
+in All Games or any folder.&nbsp; The changes can be backed out of
+hierarchically with reset to default on each respective properties, or by
+deleting the .ini files in the \ini directory.</font></p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+<p class="MsoNormal">The second, middle section of MameUI is the <b>game list</b>,
+always toggled on. &nbsp;This is where MameUI lists all of the games chosen
+in the left folder view.&nbsp; MameUI has the option to display the games as large
+icons, small icons, a list icons view, or details.&nbsp; Choosing details allows
+MameUI to display, in columnar mode, the game name as well as additional
+informational fields, chosen in the View • Customize Fields menu item.</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="MsoNormal">The third section, on the far right, is the <b>screenshot/art
+area</b>, toggled on by using the View • Screenshot menu item, or the <b>Alt-P</b> keyboard
+shortcut.&nbsp; This area of the GUI will display the optional artwork for each game
+selected, the artwork modes are toggled through by clicking on the picture area.&nbsp; The
+modes are: screenshot, flyer, cabinet, marquees, title shots, control panels,
+and history.&nbsp; <b>Alt-B</b>
+will toggle the screenshot tabs which give a visual selection method besides
+clicking the artwork area.&nbsp; Secondary clicking on the screenshot area will
+also bring up a shortcut dialogue with the file types available and allow
+toggling on or off individual tabs.&nbsp; The area under the screenshot mode
+will also display the history.dat information if that file is present [it will
+not display in the screenshot area if the history tab is enabled].&nbsp; Each of
+the tabs can be navigated to by their accelerator keys, <b>Alt-1</b>, <b>Alt-2</b>,
+<b>Alt-3</b>, etc. Further
+information about these files is in
+<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="mameui_art.htm">Art and Support Files</a>.</p>
+
+<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
+
+<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1">
+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p %Z" startspan -->2008-07-16 12:03 AM -0700<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="37949" -->
+/ john iv</font></p>
+
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