The Ribbon Control

Commands have been separated into key areas of functionality by a ribbon control at the top of eLab. To access a particular area of functionality click the appropriate name and the ribbon will display the selected tab and its controls. There are six tabs in eLab: Home, Projects, Tasks, Materials, Workflows, and Results. The Home tab appears when you start eLab.

Figure 1.4. The ribbon control.

Notice that each ribbon tab contains a series of groups and each group holds a set of controls that enable you to perform tasks related to that group. Some groups are always visible and others are contextually aware and come and go depending on what you are doing.

The position and size of the ribbon controls change with the size of eLab. All controls are always visible, but the format may change depending on the situation.

Ribbon Control Tips:

Clicking on a control with a drop-down arrow displays a menu that contains further options.
A highlighted control indicates that a choice has been made from a selection of controls. For example, in the figure below the user is viewing samples in the list view mode.

Figure 1.5. List view mode selection.