=== Basic UI elements ===
====Menu and toolbar====
The top area of {{UBIK}} Studio features a menu strip:
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! Menu!!Menu item!!Shortcut!! Purpose
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| rowspan = "5" | ''File'' || ''New'' || {{key press|Ctrl|N}} || No purpose yet
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| ''Open Database'' ||-|| Clicking the item itself will attempt to open the last configured database connection, its sub menu items will show the most recently used connections
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| ''Clear recent list'' ||-|| Clears the list of recently used database connections
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| ''Save All'' || {{key press|Ctrl|S}} || Saves all unsaved objects of the current session to the database
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| ''Exit'' ||-|| Closes {{UBIK}} Studio
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| ''Edit'' || ''Options...'' ||-|| Opens the settings dialog
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| rowspan = "2" | ''Build''|| ''Rebuild...'' ||{{key press|F6}}|| Assembles the entire customizing code and display the result in a preview window
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| ''Rebuild and download...'' ||{{key press|Ctrl|F6}} || Assembles the entire customizing code and attempts to deploy it according to the current database settings
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| rowspan = "4" | ''Tools''|| ''Customize'' ||-|| No purpose yet
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| ''View Test Environment...'' ||-|| Opens the [[View Test Environment]] window
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| ''Interface Manager...'' ||-|| Opens the [[Interface Manager]] window
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| ''Who-Bert, the debugging opossum...'' ||-|| Opens the [[Debugger|Who-Bert]] window
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| rowspan = "2" | ''View''|| ''New Working Window'' ||{{key press|Ctrl|W}}|| Opens a new working window to host additional controls
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| ''Unsaved Objects Hierarchy'' ||{{key press|Ctrl|U}}|| Opens a window showing all currently changed, yet unsaved objects in a hierarchical style
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| rowspan = "2" | ''Help''|| ''UBIK Wiki'' ||-|| Opens the {{UBIK}} Wiki, meaning the root of this document
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| ''UBIK Class Documentation'' ||-|| Opens the help file with the {{UBIK}} Class Documentation
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====Status strip====
The status strip displays the following information, from left to right:
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! Control !! DescriptionPurpose
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| ''[[Class Browser]]''|| Navigate through the MetaClasses and instances