Laptop UI Explorer 

Use

In the Mobile Applications for Laptop perspective, the Laptop UI explorer displays the logical structure of the project. It also allows you to create, edit, and delete the elements in the project.

The IDE displays the Laptop UI explorer when you create a mobile project.

To open the explorer, choose Window → Show View → Laptop UI Explorer.

Features

Display

This explorer displays all the logical elements of the mobile project as a tree structure. The structure consists of nodes, sub nodes, and elements. This explorer also displays the data types and structures that you have defined for the mobile project in the Java dictionary.

The following table lists the required and the optional elements in the project structure:

Required elements	Optional elements
Project	View set(s)
Application	Custom controller(s)
Component(s)	Query(s) in the model
Component controller
Window(s)
View(s)
Models

Create

Some application elements in this explorer have an associated Create function. When you create an element, the IDE starts the tool or wizard that is associated with the create activity. For example, when you create a custom controller, the IDE starts the Controller Assistant.

Edit

Some application elements in this explorer have an associated Edit function. When you edit an element, the IDE starts the tool or wizard that is associated with the edit activity. For example, when you choose to edit a View, the IDE opens the graphical View Designer tool.

Delete

Some application elements in this explorer have an associated Delete function.

To create, edit or delete an application element, click the element with the secondary mouse button and choose the required function.