Cursors

Most applications do not use cursors to their full advantage. They are used to do things, but they are not used to provide information about what they can do. However, cursors give a unique opportunity to provide context-sensitive information. Dekstrus DNE cursors provide you with a lot of information. DNE cursors alert you to:

Cursors fall into the following groups:

General Cursors

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Generic/No Actions Possible: (background)

Clickable (only) Object: (most bench tools)

Clickable Object with Rightclick Menu: (cabinet configurations)

Clickable Object with Rightclick Menu and Text Prompt: (book fields)

Active NE and NEs in association areas (NE in bottom left = can view fields)

All other NEs (No NE in bottom left = cannot view fields)

Tiles on the tile scroller (NE in bottom left = can view fields)

All other tiles (no NE in bottom left = cannot view fields)

Front Room Tool-Specific Cursors:

Extend/reduce screen: (extend the DNE horizontally with up to four buttons along the right frame of the DNE to utilize the current room at 100%, 125%, 150% or 200% of normal workspace; or reduce the DNE for web browsing in the Internet Manager)

Save DNE configuration:

Save room configuration:

Save bench configuration:

Cabinet Tool-Specific Cursors

Create new cabinet, NE or tile:

Save cabinet configuration:

Access or delete cabinet configuration:

Open or close cabinet wing:

Dragging NEs from the Cabinet

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From the cabinet, you can see and use three or four rooms at the same time, rather than just one room. This means that the objects in those rooms are smaller and potentially more difficult to use. The cursor set overcomes this by acting as a "magnifying glass" for the drop zones in the back view. Although the drop zones are small, it is easy to find the zone you want because they are all indicated by large, clear cursors.

•	Drop Zone - Activate NE:

•	Drop Zone - Add to Affinity Area:

•	Drop Zone - Add to Contributions By (Left) Wing:

•	Drop Zone - Add to Contributes To (Right) Wing:

•	Drop Zone - Spill on Spill Line:

Navigation Cursors:

•	Navigate Backward to Cabinet: (bottom of every front room)

•	Navigate to any Room from Cabinet or Navigation Bar:

•	Navigate to any Room and Drag'n'Drop NE into Room from Navigation Bar:

•	Navigate Left: (left side of the DNE)

•	Navigate Right: (right side of the DNE)

Scrolling Cursors

Scroll cursors feature a green arrow pointing in the direction or directions that you can scroll. Note that on the association areas and on spill lines you can either scroll one item at a time or can scroll to the next set of items.

On the NE:

In spill

•	When the scroll cursor is over the or , then the scroll cursor features a single arrow and clicking it will scroll one tile