What are CytoPanels?
CytoPanels are floatable / dockable panels designed to cut down on the number of pop-up windows within Cytoscape and to create a more unified user experience. For example, in Cytoscape 2.1, the cPath PlugIn enables users to click on a node and immediately view node details in a pop-up window. Now with CytoPanels, we can now show these node details in an embedded CytoPanel. The image below shows a screenshot of the latest BioPAX PlugIn. When you click on a node, the node details appear directly in the left CytoPanel. attachment:image099.png The user can then chose to resize, hide or float the left C attachment:image101.png Cytoscape 2.2 includes three C
CytoPanels can be shown or hidden by selecting the desired menu item within the CytoPanels menu or by entering the proper keyboard accelerator short-cut (in order for the keyboard short-cuts to work, the Cytoscape Desktop must have the focus).
attachment:image103.gif In addition, CytoPanels can be floated or docked by selected the icon at the top-right corner of each CytoPanel. The icon and tooltip will change based on the CytoPanel state. If the CytoPanel is docked, clicking on the icon will float the CytoPanel, as indicated by the “Float Window” tooltip. Alternatively, if the CytoPanel is floating, clicking on the icon will dock the CytoPanel, as indicated by the “Dock Window” tooltip. attachment:image104.png