Browse panel
Overview
The Browse panel is the area of the Elementi GUI used for resource management, devices management, and content publishing. It supports common actions such as viewing, renaming, deleting, and importing files and projects.
The Browse panel is positioned in the lower part of the Elementi GUI. Depending on the selected orientation (Menu ▶ View ▶ Orientation), it can appear either on the left or on the right side of the interface.
In practice, the Browse panel can be approached like a file browser: its content is organised in tabs and folders, and different resource types are represented with different icons. In Icon View, projects and collections are displayed using large icons with their names underneath them; device entries also use type-specific icons; and layouts have their own dedicated icon types.
At the top of the Browse panel, a breadcrumb navigation bar shows the current location in the selected tab, allowing for quick backtracking; for example, if you are few levels down within a project tree, click the project name in the address bar to return to the root of the project.
When a project is selected or opened in the last tab on the right, the “Send to cloud” and “Publish” buttons become active.
Tabs
The Browse panel is composed of the following tabs:
Projects
This tab lists the projects and collections of projects found inside a predefined folder on your computer, which is by default under C:\Users\your_user\Documents\SpinetiX\Projects.
Several sample projects are included within Elementi to help you get started with content creation.
Widgets / Library
Elementi software comes with a lot of widgets, small "applications" that can be easily integrated into your projects and are designed to work together with SpinetiX players. The widgets are easily customizable through properties that the user can change from Elementi interface, without having to modify the code behind.
This tab was labeled “Library” in the early versions.
Assets
This is used as an additional file repository for storing user resources, such as images, videos, customised widgets, and projects. The assets folder can be configured as a network share and used by multiple users as a common library. This feature is not available in Elementi S.
Devices
This is used for the management and monitoring of the SpinetiX players compatible with Elementi. Besides players, you can also find Publish Locations, USB storage devices connected to the PC, and collections.
Elementi can automatically discover players within the same subnet as the computer running Elementi. If players are not automatically discovered, you can manually add them into Elementi. Elementi S is limited to 10 devices, while there's no limitation for Elementi M/X.
Current project tab
The last tab, generically named 'Project', gets populated when opening an Elementi project or a device (e.g., the content on a player), and you can browse the resources within that project. The tab's name changes according to the resource opened (the project's name or the device's name) and the address bar .
Listing views
There are two listing views available in the Browse panel: Icon View and List View. The settings are saved per tab, and you can switch between the views using the right-click contextual menu.
Icon View
This is the default view. It uses large icons with the item names displayed underneath them.
List View
This is a traditional list view that can be used to display more information about the listed resources. It can also be used for different sorting orders. For the Devices tab, the list view can display additional columns such as Name, Type, Serial number, Firmware version, and IP Address.
Notes
- The Browse panel is one of the three main panels of the Elementi GUI, together with the Edit panel and the Preview panel.
- The Browse panel position depends on the selected GUI orientation.
- The address bar at the top of the Browse panel can be used for navigation within the currently opened project or resource.
- The Devices tab provides additional management and monitoring functions for compatible players and publish locations.