
Figure 1: Four interface areas
Display Areas
The Exploration tool has four areas on its interface. (Figure 1)
Tree View
There are four Tree Views.
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Partial Designs (more info)
Organized as a hierarchy of partial designs.
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Terms (more info)
Ordered according to terms used in the partial designs.
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Clusters (more info)
Three groupings created by a clustering algorithm according to textual similarity.
- Window Clusters
- Design Component Clusters
- Widget Clusters
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Spatial Groups (more info)
Similar to the partial designs view, but windows contain groups of widgets identified by a spatial parser.
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Tree Control
Views such as Terms and Clusters allow manipulation of the tree view. This area is where those types of controls appear.
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Information Panel
When an item is selected in the tree, information about the selected item appears here.
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Search Overlay
(more info)
Indicates matches within the context of the Tree View and Information Panel rather than as a separate list.