Zope Studio has two major interfaces; the main editor interface, and a Object Browser
for general Object management (moving, renaming, deleting, etc.)
These interfaces might seem cramped at first, but do note that these probably are
the smallest you will ever see them. This design just about fits on a 640x480 screen like
this. Imagine them on 800x600 or bigger.
The main interface
Zope.org - A mockup of the main Zope Studio interface
In this interface the bulk of your editing work will take place.
First of all, there is a menubar and a toolbar. Optionally this could expand to
multiple toolbars, each specialized for certain tasks. Note that there are several areas,
'panels', each with their own function in the main part of the interface (from top
to bottom, left to right):
Toolbox - Here you'll find a host of different drag'n'drop items for rapid
development.
Flash panel - A configurable panel for self-updating data, like server debug
statistics (showing current queries for example, color coded on runnig time).
Editor - Your main working area. The small buttons on the left of this area are
things like 'increase' and 'decrease' indentation, switch to 'View', and 'Close'. The tabs
on the top give access to the different objects opened for editing.
Mini object browser - Shows you the tree, can filter on object type.
Object specifics (Properties, Notes, Help) - Here you can edit object properties,
add notes to objects (comments) and access objetc specific help.
Not shown are details like context-menus and tooltips on everything
This is just a concept view. This does not mean that any of these features named will
actualy get implemented. But I does mean that I want to see them in there.
The Object Browser
Zope.org - A mockup of the Zope Studio Object Browser
The object browser is aimed at making object management, renaming them, deleteing, moving
them around the hierarchy, and accessing security settings easy. Again, it has a menubar,
toolbar, tooltips and context-menus. Think Windows Explorer.
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