The Front Panel
The Front Panel contains a set of icons and pop-up menus (more like roll-up menus) that appear at the bottom of the screen. The two main elements of the Front Panel are the Main Panel and the subpanels. The Main Panel includes the workspace switch, shown in Figure 25.3, which contains the buttons you use to change from one workspace to the next.
Figure 25.3. The Front Panel workspace switch.
If a control in the Main Panel has an arrow on top of it, that control has a subpanel, as shown in Figure 25.4.
Figure 25.4. A subpanel for a control in the Main Panel.
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