JavaTest Window Styles

The JavaTest graphical user interface displays its windows and menus in one of three user specified styles:

Tabbed A single top-level window that displays individual tool windows as tabbed panes
MDI A single top-level desktop window that contains individual tool windows
SDI A JavaTest console window and individual tool windows displayed as top-level windows

To change the window style, choose File > Preferences from the menu bar and use the dialog box to set the preferred style. This window style is used each time you start the JavaTest harness.

Tabbed

When you choose the Tabbed window style, the JavaTest harness displays the opened tool windows as a set of tabbed panes within a single frame or desktop window.

Tabs at the bottom of each pane allow you to choose the pane that is active and displayed on the top of the stack.

The desktop window contains the complete set of menus including any tool menus used to perform tasks from the active pane.

Advantages of using the Tabbed window style:

Disadvantages of using the tabbed style:

MDI

When you choose the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window style, all of the tool windows that the JavaTest harness opens to perform a task are contained within a single desktop window.

The desktop window contains the global menus. Each tool window contains the tool menus used to perform tasks from that window.

Advantages of using the MDI window style:

Disadvantages of using the MDI style:

SDI

When you choose the Single Document Interface (SDI) window style, the JavaTest harness opens a console window and individual tool windows as separate top-level windows.

Each window contains the complete set of menus including any tool menus used to perform tasks from that window.

Advantages of using the SDI window style:

Disadvantages of using the SDI style: