Graphical Feedback


Several kinds of graphical feedback are used to provide different kinds of information when editing and analysing a CP-net.

Speech Bubbles

A speech bubble is a yellow rectangle that provides context-sensitive information. Some speech bubbles appear automatically, while others appear after a slight delay after the cursor is moved over an appropriate object. For example, moving the cursor over a declaration with a syntax error will cause a speech bubble containing an error message to appear.

A speech bubble

Speech bubbles are used to show:

To make a speech bubble disappear either click on it, or move the cursor away from the object with which the speech bubble is associated.

Status Bubbles

Status bubbles are colour-coded bubbles that occasionally appear at the bottom of the index. Move the cursor over a status bubble to see the corresponding speech bubble.

A status bubble with a speech bubble

Status bubbles have one of the following colours:

Some status bubble will automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. Red status bubbles will not disappear until you click on them

Red status bubbles

Auras

Colour-coded auras are used to highlight objects with particular characteristics or to indicate different kinds of relationships between objects. Auras are associated with places, transitions, arcs, inscriptions, declarations, monitors, page tabs, and index entries, such as page names and net names.

Colour-coded auras

Auras have the following colours:

Changing Cursor Icon

The cursor icon changes to indicate which actions can be, or are being, performed. For example: