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C5. Menu options and Settings

C5.1. Home page

After starting EEZ Studio, the home page is displayed, which is actually the Home tab that is always present (it cannot be hidden). Main tabs section (1) allows easy navigation between multiple open projects, instruments as well as Extension Manager and Settings sections (Fig. 1).

 

The main sections of EEZ Studio are Extension Manager, Settings which are accessible from the Main option bar (2), while the Projects (3) and Instruments (4) sections are positioned below and have their own option bars whose options when selected also appear in the Main tabs section.

 

The Projects section will be described in detail in chapters started with prefix P (i.e. P.1, P.2, …), and the Instruments section in chapters started with prefix I.

 

Fig. 1: Home page

C5.2. Menu options

Menu options available from all main sections of EEZ Studio are listed below.

C5.2.1. File

Option

Shortcut

Description

New project…

CTRL + N

Creates a new project.

Add instrument…

ALT + CTRL + N

Adds an instrument to the EEZ Studio workbench that can be controlled.

New Window

CTRL + SHIFT + N

Opens a new copy of the window.

Open…

CTRL + O

Opens an existing project.

Open Recent

List of recently opened projects.

Reload (Projects only)

Reload currently selected project. If there are unsaved changes, a message will appear asking if you want to save the messages before reloading.

Load Debug Info… (Projects only)

Loads the debugger state and switches the project to Debug mode.

Note: this is a valid operation only in the project in which the debugger state file was generated.

Save Debug Info… (Projects only)

When the project is in Debug mode, use this option to save the debugger state to a file.

Import Instrument Definition…

Import IEXT (Instrument EXTension) file.

Save

CTRL + S

Saving project files.

Save as (Projects only)

CTRL + SHIFT + S

Saving the project under a different name.

Check (Projects only)

CTRL + K

Opens the Check panel of the project.

Build (Projects only)

CTRL + B

Starts the build procedure and opens the Build panel of the project.

Build Extensions (Projects only)

Build IEXT .zip files only if the project has IEXT (Instrument EXTension) definitions.

Build and Install Extensions (Projects only)

The same as the previous option and in addition the IEXTs that have been built are installed immediately.

Exit

EEZ Studio shutdown.

C5.2.2. Edit

Option

Shortcut

Description

Undo

CTRL + Z

Undo previous action.

Redo

CTRL + Y

Redo previous action.

Cut

CTRL + X

Move content to Clipboard.

Copy

CTRL + C

Copy content to Clipboard.

Paste

CTRL + V

Paste content from Clipboard.

Delete

DEL

Delete selected content.

Select All

CTRL + A

Select all content.

C5.2.3. View

Option

Shortcut

Description

Home

Return to the Home tab.

History

Opening the Instrument’s History tab.

Shortcuts and Groups

Opening the Instrument’s Shortcuts and Groups tab.

Notebooks

Opening the Instrument’s Notebooks tab.

Extension Manager

Opening the Instrument’s Extension Manager tab.

Settings

Opening the Settings tab (Fig. 2).

Toggle Full Screen

F11

View EEZ Studio in full screen (select F11 again to restore).

Toggle Developer Tools

CTRL + SHIFT + I

Opening the developer tools in the right part of the window.

Switch to Dark Theme

CTRL + SHIFT + T

Toggle between Light and Dark theme.

Zoom In

CTRL + +

Zoom in (enlargement) of all screen elements.

On some Linux distributions you will need to use CTRL + SHIFT + + as a shortcut.

Zoom Out

CTRL + -

Zoom out (reduction) of all screen elements.

Reset Zoom

CTRL + 0

Returning the zoom to the default level.

Reload

Reload all content.

 

Fig. 2: Settings tab

Database location

A database is used to store the data collected in communication with the instruments. An empty base is created at first launch and its location can be seen here. You can also change the location here to one of the existing databases (backup, imported from another EEZ Studio, etc.).

 

Changing the parameters of the database requires a restart of EEZ Studio. The Restart button will be displayed in the lower right corner.

 

Create New Database

Creating a new database with the name and location you specified.

 

Show in Folder

View the folder where the database is located.

 

Locale

Defines the date and time formats for the selected country.

 

Changing the Locale requires a restart of EEZ Studio. The Restart button will be displayed in the lower right corner.

 

Date format

Display format of all date values.

 

Time format

Display format of all time values.

 

Dark theme

Toggle between Light and Dark theme (same as shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + T).

C5.2.4. Help

Option

Shortcut

Description

About

Opens the EEZ Studio version information (Fig. 3).

 

Fig. 3: About page

Check for Updates

This function requires an internet connection in order for EEZ Studio to connect to the GitHub repository and check for a newer version than the one installed.

This function does not take into account versions that have a pre-release status, but only released versions.

 

Home

Opens the home page of the Envox official site (requires internet browser installed).

 

Github

Opens Envox’s GitHub home page (requires internet browser installed).

 

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