Navigation and shortcuts
User interface elements
Analyser user interface is divided into four areas.
- Toolbar
- Data area
- Side bar
- Status bar
Toolbar
Toolbar is used to access other Analyzer functions and changing the data zoom and visibility.
- Open data file browser. Data stored either locally or in Testlogger Manager are opened with this dialog
- Close all open data files
- Open workspace
- Save workspace as file
- Math channel editor
- Track generator
- Lap/split editor
- Switch to show data either in function of time or in function of distance
- Activate comparison file offset possibility
- Zoom out to show whole data file
- Zoom to currently active lap
- Zoom in
- Zoom out
- Pan data to left
- Pan data to right
- Change cursor operation mode
- Open Analyzer knowledge base in browser
- User menu (e.g. application settings, user settings)
Data area
Data area is used to show the actual data from files based on the workspace settings. Tabs can be utilised to create different views. Read more about it from Workspace page.
Data area can be expanded vertically outside the screen view.
Side bar
Side bar is used to show open data files, channel listing and workspace modules.
Side bar can be reduced or hidden from the buttons on right hand side of tabs.
Workspace editor mode is activated when tab is changed to Workspace.
Status bar
Status bar currently show application version and cursor position.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| e | Toggle workspace edit mode |
| d | Switch between Data files and Channels in side bar |
| Ctrl+o Cmd+o | Open data file browser |
| Ctrl+h Cmd+h | Hide/show side bar |
| Ctrl+l Cmd+l | Open lap editor |
| Ctrl+m Cmd+m | Open math channel editor |
| Ctrl+t Cmd+t | Open track map generator |
| Ctrl+x Cmd+x | Close all data files |
| a | Zoom out to show whole file |
| s | Zoom to active lap |
| Left arrow | Pan file to left |
| Right arrow | Pan file to right |
| Up arrow | Zoom in |
| Down arrow | Zoom out |
| Space | Place marker or remove marker |
Lap selection
- Select main lap you want to analyse by selecting the radio button on lap list
- Click selected compare lap second time and comparison is removed
- Click selected base lap again, selection is removed and zoom is returned back full file
Data mode
TODO: Time vs distance mode explanation
Zoom
- Use arrow keys to zoom
- Zooming can be done from both x-axis and y-axis of chart element by dragging the area you want to zoom
- Double click axis and whole range will be shown
- Mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and zoom out. Mouse cursor needs to be on top of axis
Cursor mode
Analyzer support two data cursor modes. By default cursor in line charts will mouse movements and with alternative mode user needs to click primary button of the mouse to place/move the cursor in data.
To change the cursor mode, click link icon in the toolbar. See point 16 in toolbar explanation image.
Differences in the cursor behaviour
| Action | Default mode | Alternative mode |
|---|---|---|
| Data cursor to follow mouse | Automatic | Press mouse button while moving mouse |
| Fix cursor to one position | Click mouse button | Click mouse button |
| Release cursor position | Click mouse button | N/A |
If the default cursor performance is bad, then we recommend switching to the alternative cursor mode.