Editor Interface

The editor has three main areas: left sidebar, center canvas/tab area, and right sidebar.

Overview

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Left Sidebar        │ Center (Dockview project/page tabs + canvas) │ Right │
│ (projects/pages)    │                                             │ Sidebar │
│                     │                                             │ (metadata,
│                     │                                             │ structure,
│                     │                                             │ reading order,
│                     │                                             │ tasks, settings)
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Metadata is in the right sidebar (not the left).

Left Sidebar

The left sidebar is navigation-focused.

Contains

• Dashboard/logo menu
• Command center button (Ctrl/Cmd + K)
• Page name filter
• Advanced page filter popover
• Default image variant selector
• Opened projects with page lists
• User menu

Behavior

• Can be collapsed/expanded
• Width is resizable
• In collapsed mode, projects/pages can still be expanded in compact form

Center Area

The center uses Dockview tabs:

• Project tabs
• Page tabs (annotation canvases)

When no page is open, an empty-state panel is shown.

Toolbar

The toolbar can be:

• Floating
• Docked top
• Docked bottom
• Docked left
• Docked right

Main Controls

• Selection/move
• Region drawing (polygon/rectangle)
• Textline drawing (polygon/rectangle)
• Baseline drawing
• Cut tools (line/polygon/rectangle)
• Merge
• View mode tabs (Default, Textline, Baseline)
• Undo/redo/history
• Layout/Text mode switch
• Toolbar compact mode toggle
• Keyboard shortcuts dialog entry

Right Sidebar

The right sidebar contains editor panels and primary page actions.

Header Actions

• Save
• Version history
• Save + Complete (when open subtasks exist)
• Additional actions menu (for example codec checks)

Layout Mode Panels

• Structure
• Reading Order
• Metadata
• Tasks
• Heatmap
• Settings

Text Mode Panels

• Metadata
• Tasks
• Settings
• Codec
• Diff
• Filter

Behavior

• Can be collapsed/expanded
• Width is resizable
• Panels are accordion-based in expanded mode and popover-based in collapsed mode

Canvas Interaction

Mouse

• Wheel: zoom
• Drag: pan (when not dragging/editing shapes)
• Click: select/edit based on active mode
• Double-click: finish polygon/polyline drawing modes

Keyboard Help

• ? opens/closes the keyboard shortcuts dialog.
• Full reference: Keyboard Shortcuts

Saving

• Manual save is available via the right sidebar save action and Ctrl/Cmd + S.
• Version history is available from the right sidebar.

Next Steps

• Annotation Tools
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Virtual Keyboard