pycrossword
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3.1. User interface overview

 
pycross is a desktop GUI application with one main window. The parts of the main window are described in Fig. 3.1 below:
 
3.1. User interface overview
Fig. 3.1. Main window with controls
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Toolbar

1. Toolbar
The Toolbar contains buttons for all major operations with the crossword. It can be hidden, shown and configured. Refer to Main Actions for details.
2

Menu bar

2.  Menu bar
The Menu bar groups the application's Main Actions into intuitive categories conventional for most desktop applications.
3

Status bar

3. Status bar
The Status bar is used to display important messages, the progress of lengthy operations and some permanent information like the app version.
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Language box

4. Language box
The Language box allows selecting the interface language. By default, US English is used.
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Clues panel

5. Clues panel
The Clues panel is used to edit the clues of the current crossword. It supports sorting by any column, hiding / showing individual columns, and highlighting complete / incomplete fields (for example, here no clues are filled, so all the Clue fields are highlighted red).
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Crossword grid

6. Crossword grid
This Crossword grid displays the current crossword. It can be edited, reshaped, filled with words automatically, cleared, and much more. Selecting a word in the grid also selects that word in the Clues panel.
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Crossword grid scale slide

7. Crossword grid scale slide
The Scale slide is used to zoom the crossword grid in and out.
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Application version

8. Application version
This element in the rightmost corner of the Status bar displays the current version of pycrossword. If there is an update available, a notification is shown next to the version. Double-clicking the version launches the app update process.
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