AsTeRICS

# Grid appearance and layout

Videos on YouTube: Layout options (opens new window), Collect elements (opens new window), Prediction elements (opens new window) (German, but auto-translated subtitles available)

This chapter is about a grid’s layout and appearance and how to edit it:

  1. Adding elements and change the layout
  2. Editing grid elements menu
  3. Edit modal: changing label and image

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# Adding elements and layout options

In the Edit view (“Editing on”) the following menu opens on a click on “more”:

edit view - more menu Fig. 1: Edit view - menu “more”

These are the actions to select in the menu:

  1. New → New Element: creates a normal new element, opening a dialog where label and image can be defined
  2. New → Many new elements: creates multiple new normal elements at once, opening a dialog where multiple elements can be defined and inserted into the grid
  3. New → New collect element: creates a new collect element, see Terms
  4. New → New prediction element: creates a new prediction element, see Terms
  5. New → New YouTube Player: creates a new YouTube Player element
  6. Delete all elements: removes all grid elements from the grid
  7. Change grid dimensions: set grid size (number of rows and minimum number of columns)
  8. Translate grid: select which grid(s) to translate and in which language the texts shall be translated
  9. Fill gaps: moves all grid elements as far left as possible, closing gaps as the following image shows:
    fill gaps
  10. Edit global grid: directly go to the page, where the global grid can be edited (otherwise go to Manage grids → Edit global Grid (at the bottom))

# Editing grid elements

A right click (or long tap) on a grid element in edit view (“editing on”) opens the following menu:

edit view - element menu Fig. 2: Grid element menu in “Editing on” - view

These are the options to select:

  1. Edit: opens a dialog to edit the label and the image of this element (“Edit modal”)
  2. Delete: deletes this element
  3. More → Clone: inserts a copy of this element to the grid
  4. More → Do element action: performs the actions that are assigned to this grid element, e.g. speaking the label or navigating to another grid
  5. More → Move element to other grid: moves the element to another grid which can be selected

# “Edit grid item” modal

Video on YouTube: Add and edit elements (opens new window) (German, but auto-translated subtitles available)

The “Edit”-modal is opened by a right click (or long tap) on a grid element in edit view (“editing on”) and subsequent clicking on “Edit”. The “Edit”-modal has three tabs (General, Image and Actions):

# Tab “General”

Clicking on “Edit” in the grid element menu (Fig. 2) opens the following modal (Tab General) shown in Figure 3:

edit grid element general Fig. 3: “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “General”

These are the elements in the modal of Figure 3 (Edit grid item - Tab General):

  1. Label: change the label of the element shown under the image, can be empty
  2. Color category: choose the color category (Noun, Verb, etc.)
  3. Search for images: change to the Image-Tab.
  4. Costum background color: choose a different backgroud color
  5. Hide element: the element will only be visible in the “Editing on”-view. After clicking “Editing off”, it will not be visible.
  6. Cancel: discard all changes and close the modal
  7. OK: save all changes and close the modal
  8. OK, edit previous: save all changes, edit the previous grid element in the “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “General”
  9. OK, edit next: save all changes, edit the next grid element in the “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “General”

# Tab “Image”

edit grid element image Fig. 4: “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “Image”

  1. Choose file: opens a file dialog to choose a different image
  2. Search by label: image search is done by label
  3. Clear image: deletes the currently chosen image
  4. Drop area: drag and drop image files in this area to select them. It’s possible to drag and drop files from a file explorer or also other programs like e.g. METACOM MetaSearch*. ![fill gaps](file://C:\Users\Agnes Scheibenreif\OneDrive - FH Technikum Wien\Projekte\WBT\Github codes\AsTeRICS-Grid\docs\documentation_user\img\drag_metacom.gif)
  5. Image Search: type in the name of which images shall be looked for
  6. Search Provider: select the provider for the image search
  7. Settings for image search: select additional settings like Plural or Color (skin color, hair color,…)

# Tab “Actions”

edit grid element actions

Fig. 5: “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “Actions”

  1. New Action: select type of new action in the combobox (e.g. Speak label, Navigate to other grid)
  2. Add action: add the selected type of action to the grid
  3. Current actions: actions currently assigned to the current grid element are shown here
  4. Edit: open additional drop down menus to edit and configure the particular action
  5. Delete: delete this action from the current grid element
  6. Test: tests the action, e.g. speaks the label. This button is not available for all types of actions.
  7. Cancel: discard all changes and close the modal
  8. OK: save all changes and close the modal
  9. OK, edit previous: save all changes, edit the previous grid element in the “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “Actions”
  10. OK, edit next: save all changes, edit the next grid element in the “Edit grid item” modal - Tab “Actions”

*METACOM and MetaSearch © Annette Kitzinger

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