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Bloomenthal, January 3, 1986 0:44:10 am PST

CEDAR 6.0 — FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY

Controls

Jules Bloomenthal

Abstract: An interface is provided for the creation of vertical or horizontal sliders and circular dials within a viewer. Placement and sizing of the controls is semi-automatic. Attention has been paid to ease of interaction. The controls may be created with special, `detented' positions. A test program is provided to demonstrate some of the control capabilities.

Created by: Jules Bloomenthal

Maintained by: Jules Bloomenthal <Bloomenthal.pa>

Keywords: Controls, sliders, dials, viewers, interaction.

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1. Introduction

Sliders or dials may contain optional detent positions, marked by thin lines within the control. The control will become detented if the mouse is close enough to the detent position. When deteneted, the center of the dial or slider will display a small square.

2. Software Environment

Bringover -p /Cedar/CedarChest6.0/Top/Controls.df.

3. The interface

Refer to Controls.mesa.