LabPlot/Interface/ProjectExplorer

Basic Concepts

Project Explorer is the component in LabPlot visualising the stucture of the project. This structure is a parent-child hierarchy with the nodes in this hierarchy being the different project entities. The root node in this hierarchy stand for the project itself.

New objects are added to the project via the "Add New" menu in the main menu bar, via the corresponding actions in the tool bar or via the context menu in the project explorer. After a new object was added, a new node for it appears in the project explorer. Upon the selection of an object in the project explorer its view or the view of the next parent having a view is shown in the main area.

Folders

The parent-child hierarchy mentioned above can be further structured with the help of folders. Similar to the concept of folders known form file systems, a folder in LabPlot serves as a parent node where other objects can be placed under.

At the beginning there is only one folder available in the project - the root folder representing the project itself. New folders are created similarly to other new objects via the context menu of the project explorer, etc. The screenshot below shows an example for how a project can be structured using folders: