# UI components & terminologies
### UI components

![](img/3-1-ui-components.png)

When you first start Mirae WAVE, this environment consists of the following elements (by default):

##### 1. The **Menu Bar** contains menus for controlling and rendering 3-D images.

![](img/3-1-1-ui-menu-bar.png)

*  Commands can be represented as buttons on the *Quick Access Toolbar*. You can customize the toolbar to include any command that you use frequently by right-click on **Menu Bar** area.

*  The *Title Bar* displays the name of the active layer.

*  When you click the *Mirae WAVE Button*, commands related to opening files (or directories), saving images, options for program configuration, and license registration are displayed.

*  By default, *Menu Categories* contains *Home*, *Layer*, and *Window* categories, with *Home* is active. When you later add another layer, its corresponding category, such as *Horizontal Plane*, is displayed. You can click a certain category to display its corresponding *Ribbon*. 

*  The *Ribbon* contains panels for controlling display options and working with the program. Each *Panel* contains buttons which are functional organized. 

*  The *Tab Menu Bar* contain buttons for activating cursor-picking, hiding/showing *Ribbon* menu, and program information.

##### 2.  The **Variables Pane** displays list of variables after you import your numerical data.

##### 3.  In **Area Pane**, you can choose and control the region (map area) of the gridded layer.

##### 4.  In **Rendering Pane**, you can display meteorological data in single or multiple layers.

##### 5.  The **Layers Pane** displays and manages the layer list. 

By default, it displays and activates *Background Map* and *Borderlines Map* layers. 

##### 6.  The **Actions Pane** displays the history of actions related to the selected layer.
 You can undo and redo actions with *Undo* and *Redo* buttons, respectively.


### Terminologies

> To Trang:  
> How about naming the UI components as, "menu bar", "variables pane", "area pane", "rendering pane", "layers pane", "actions pane"?. I myself don't like the names very much. Let me know if you have better names.
> 
> How about "Menu Category"(top-left) instead of "Tabs", "Quick Menu( Button)"(top-right), "Menu Button" on the "Menu Bar"


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