UI Reference

This reference documents every part of the PhysPlot window: each panel, control, menu item, context menu, dialog and message. Numbered red markers in the screenshots match the numbered notes on each page. For a guided first session, see the GUI Walkthrough; for saving and bulk-running a protocol, see the Sequence Walkthrough.

Marker	Area	Reference page
1	Header and mode switcher	Main Window, Menus and Status Bar
2–4	Column headers, role row, data cells	Data Table
5	1. Data Importer panel (Simple Mode)	Data Importer
6	2. Mathematical Transformation panel (Simple Mode)	Mathematical Transformation
7	3. Plotter Module panel (Simple Mode)	Plotter Module
8	Status bar	Main Window, Menus and Status Bar
–	Build Protocol tab (Advanced Mode)	Build Protocol
–	Run Sequence tab (Advanced Mode)	Run Sequence
–	Figure Editor window and plot windows	Figure Editor and Plot Windows
–	Every dialog, error and status message	Dialogs and Messages

How the window is organised

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [LSF][PhysLab]            [PhysPlot logo]        Mode: [Simple][Advanced] │  header
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│      1: Time │ 2: Voltage │ Column 3 │ …                              │  column headers
│      [X ▾]   │ [Y ▾]      │ [Ignore ▾] │ …                            │  role row
│  1   0.0     │ 1.0        │           │                               │
│  2   …       │ …          │           │                               │  data cells
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Simple:   [1. Data Importer] [2. Mathematical Transformation] [3. Plotter Module] │
│ Advanced: [Build Protocol | Run Sequence] tabs                        │  mode panel
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Status: …                        Rows: n  Columns: n  File: name      │  status bar
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

• Table first. The spreadsheet is always visible. Every panel works on it, and every change you make is recorded in the protocol.

• Two modes, one table. Simple shows the three everyday panels. Advanced shows the recorded protocol and bulk runs. Switching modes never changes your data.

• Everything is replayable. Imports, role changes, cell edits, renames, deletions, transformations and plots each become a step in Build Protocol. The protocol can be replayed, edited as Python, exported as Sequence.py and run over folders.

Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS, Ctrl in these shortcuts is the ⌘ Command key.

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+O	File → Import Data… (Auto Loader)
Ctrl+E	File → Export Data…
Ctrl+Shift+R	File → Reload Config Modules
Ctrl+S	Protocol → Export Sequence.py…
Ctrl+R	Protocol → Apply This Sequence
Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2	View → Simple Mode / Advanced Mode
Ctrl+G	Plot → Generate Plot
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V	Copy / paste table cells (tab-separated, works with Excel)
Double-click a header	Rename the column

• Main Window, Menus and Status Bar
• Data Table
• Data Importer
• Mathematical Transformation
• Plotter Module
• Build Protocol
• Run Sequence
• Figure Editor and Plot Windows
• Dialogs and Messages