User Interface Overview

MediaMan's opening screen.

Menu & Toolbar All functions in MediaMan can be invoked from the Menubar. While frequently used functions can be found on the toolbar.
Category View Nested category to classify your media items.
Category Info Pane Display category descriptions and statistics.
Homepage Display generic information about the collection file, Price Tracker, statistics and web resource links.


Item List Pane A list of items containing brief descriptions, or in this case, a digital shelf.
Item Detail Pane Detailed information about the selected item displayed in HTML.

Switch between Category View, Item List View, and Item Detail View by pressing F6 or TAB key, or switch backwards by pressing Shift+F6 or Shift+TAB.

The layout of the main window can be customized using the pane swapping buttons.



Pane swapping button is available in the category pane and the item list pane. Clicking this button will result in swapping of neighbor panes. With the use of this feature, you can customize the layout of the program to fit your special requirement. The following picture shows an example of the effects of pane swapping.