By default, the Console has three panes, four bars, and two tabs:
Navigation Pane
The left or Navigation pane works like a frame in a web page: clicking
an item in the Navigation pane determines what appears in the View
pane. The "turner" icon () is
displayed next to items that represent a group of items; clicking the
icon or double-clicking the text next to the icon expands or collapses
the group.
The Navigation pane is displayed or not, depending on the Show setting in the View menu; see View Menu for details.
View Pane
The right or View pane displays the contents of the node selected in the Navigation pane. The contents could be a folder or a tool.
If the node selected in the Navigation pane is a folder, the contents of that folder are displayed in the View pane.
If the node selected is a simple tool like the Date/Time tool, a clock might be displayed. If the node selected is a complex tool like User Manager, the contents might be subtools for user accounts and email accounts; select the user accounts node and a list of users might be displayed, with the Action menu changing to allow editing of the list.
Information Pane
The Information pane at the bottom of the Console displays either context help for the object selected in the Navigation pane or a list of alarm types, depending on whether the Context Help or Console Events tab is selected.
The Information pane is displayed or not, depending on the Show setting in the View menu; see View Menu for details.
The Location bar, beneath the tool bar in the Console, includes a Home Toolbox icon, a Toolbox field which indicates the current toolbox and item selected in the toolbox, and a pulldown menu with recent toolboxes visited. Click the Home Toolbox icon to open your home toolbox. Select a toolbox from the pulldown menu to open that toolbox.
The Location Bar is displayed or not, depending on the Show setting in the View menu; see View Menu for details.
Status Bar
The Status bar is at the very bottom of the Console. The left pane of the Status bar indicates the number of items (nodes) directly beneath the node selected in the Navigation pane. The center pane of the Status bar indicates Console activity -- such as loading a tool -- by a back and forth "shade" movement. The right pane of the Status bar provides progress information during some Console tasks, including opening a toolbox file.
The Status Bar is displayed or not, depending on the Show setting in the View menu; see View Menu for details.
Context Help/Console Events tabs
The Context Help and Console Events tabs toggle what is shown in the Information pane. See Console Events Log for descriptions of the various types of Console alarms. Note that other tools can add tabs to the Information Pane.