The interface

The ArchiView window is divided into three areas that always stay in place.

The three areas: panels and folders on the left, commands at the top, records in the centre.

On the left: the panel bar

A column of icons that changes the content of the side panel:

Icon	Panel	What it is for
Folder	Folders	Browsing the archive and its subfolders. This is the normal view
Magnifier	Search	Searching metadata, titles, transcriptions and OCR text
Bookmark	Tags	Every label in use; one click filters. Tag management opens from here
Changes	Change control	What you have changed and not yet sent to the remote archive
Clock	History	Local snapshots and earlier versions saved in the cloud

At the top of the folder tree a row carries the name of the archive: it is the root, and it holds the records that are not yet filed in a folder.

In the tree every record carries its shelfmark; the button at the top right of the Folders panel adds a field of your choice underneath — the declarant, the notary, the author — and lets you sort the tree by that field. See What a record shows in the tree.

At the bottom left: the archive switcher (to move between archives, create or connect them) and the sharing button.

At the top: synchronisation status

If the archive is connected to a remote one, a single line summarises the situation and opens the download and upload commands. On a purely local archive there is nothing to watch.

In the centre: the list of records

This is where the work happens. Above the list, from left to right:

• New record (the chevron preselects the type) and New model;
• Filters (with a counter of the active filters), sorting, and the grid / table selector;
• the "⋯" menu, which gathers the rest: new archive, import and export, visible columns in table view, trash, delete archive.

Every record has two direct buttons, Edit and Transcribe, and a "⋯" that opens the same menu as the right mouse button.

Below the list sits the result counter; when a selection is active, it also shows how many records you have selected.

Three things that save time

• Ctrl+K opens the command list: any feature, without hunting through menus.
• ? shows every keyboard shortcut.
• The right mouse button works everywhere: on a record, on a folder, on an archive. Related items are grouped in submenus (View, Export, On N records), opened with the mouse or the right arrow and closed with the left arrow or Esc.

See Commands and shortcuts.

The built-in tutorial

The ? icon restarts the guided tour that runs on first launch at any time.