ci-server-engineer/.claude/skills/graphics/tasks/layouts.md

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task: Configure operator layouts (Layouts.xml): windows, menus, toolbars, frames, popups; open displays in frames and layouts version: R1.03 source: Layouts.readme (installed, %TLS_WAP_PATH%\cfg\operatorInterfaces\DEPLOY\layouts); IM 36K10R30-01EN §1, §4.7; IM 36K10C50-01EN §4.12; practiced with CI-Eng-Sample (layout CIENG_Operator) in the Operator Interface (desktop) and the HTML display 2026-10-01; parameter-by-parameter test (§6) on both clients 2026-10-02, web behaviour also read from the installed web client code (mobileoperator fasttools.min.js); sample operator HMI (layouts CIENG_Operator with a tab set and CIENG_Popup, user CIENG) and test layouts on both clients 2026-10-06 status: verified (parameters tested on desktop and web 2026-10-02 except print orientation/margins, playback, multi-screen positions and the maximumTabs limit for new tabs)

Operator layouts

A layout is a window of the Operator Interface: optional menu and toolbars, a frame set (required) holding displays, and a status line. All layouts of a deployment are in one file, %TLS_WAP_PATH%\cfg\operatorInterfaces\DEPLOY\layouts\Layouts.xml, used by both the Operator Interface (desktop) and the HTML display (web). The complete option and command reference is Layouts.readme in the same folder; Layouts-original.xml is the factory copy.

1. Rules

• Layouts.xml is shared by every operator: back it up and change it only with the user's approval. Keep project layouts in a marked block so they can be removed cleanly (sample: examples/CI-Eng-Sample/layouts/layout.ps1 + CIENG_Operator.xml; the script checks the XML is well-formed, keeps UTF-8 without BOM and CRLF, and -Remove restores the file byte for byte).
• The Operator Interface reads Layouts.xml only when it starts. After a change, close and restart it. A running client does not know a new layout: opening a display in it only reloads the current window ("blink"). The Edit Module also needs a restart to offer the new name in the Open display action.
• Name the main frame default: the factory and AOG displays (alarm lists, faceplates, toolbar commands) open their targets in a frame called default. At login the user profile's Initial display replaces the initialDisplay of frame default (desktop; web: ?d=).
• Layouts used by both clients must have the web-compatible shape (§6.1): per frame set at most one n* division, and at most one nested frame set, placed in that n* slot. A <tab> set must be the last child of its frame set (§6.6). Always set title and drawBorder.
• Menu items whose command has an on/off state (toolbar, statusline, playback record) must be type="check": otherwise the Operator Interface fails at start (ClassCastException … JCheckBoxMenuItem).

2. Structure

<layout name="<Name>" title="<text> $default" icon="poi.png" drawBorder="true"
        sizingAllowed="true" minimizingAllowed="true" closingAllowed="true" alwaysOnTop="false"
        initialPosition="centreScreen" initialSize="pixels" initialSizeWidth="1600"
        initialSizeHeight="900" maximumOpen="1">
  <menu> <menu-item name="m.file" label="File"> <menu-item … command="exit"/> </menu-item> … </menu>
  <toolbar name="t1" floatable="false" position="top"> <toolbar-item icon="ciNavLeft32.png"
           tooltip="Back to $" command="navigate back default"/> … </toolbar>
  <frame-set rows="1*,fitDisplay">            <!-- main area, alarm banner below -->
    <frame-set cols="fitDisplay,1*">          <!-- navigation left, main right -->
      <frame name="nav" initialDisplay="<NavDisplay>" zoomingAllowed="false"/>
      <frame name="default" initialDisplay="<Overview>" stackSize="10" zoom="fitDisplay"/>
    </frame-set>
    <frame name="alarmBannerFrame" initialDisplay="AOG_AlarmBanner" zoom="stretchDisplay"/>
  </frame-set>
  <status-line> <status-line-item type="statusText"/> <status-line-separator/> … </status-line>
</layout>

• title: $<frame> = title of the display in that frame (verified: CI-Eng-Sample - Current Alarm Overview).
• Window: initialPosition (centreScreen, atCursor, pixelsScreen2, centreLayout, …), initialSize (pixels, screenSize, desktopSize, fitFrames), maximumOpen, modal, alwaysOnTop, print options.
• Frame sets: rows / cols with pixels, n* or fitDisplay (fractions are not honoured and the web client limits nesting: §6.1); a <tab> holds several frames as tabs (tabPosition, maximumTabs, closeTabAllowed). Frame options: name, initialDisplay (= home display), stackSize (back/forward history), zoom (fitDisplay, stretchDisplay, <n>%), zoomingAllowed, scrollingAllowed, borderStyle.
• Menu (max. two levels; type normal/check/radio/sub; mnemonic, accelerator like F5, CONTROL P) and toolbar items (icon from the factory set such as ciNavLeft32.png, ciProAlar32.png, ciZoomFull32.png; type combo/editableCombo/dropdownList) run commands:

Command	Effect
navigate to <frame> <display> [<zoom>] [<p>=<v>;…]	Open a display in a frame (with parameters)
navigate back/forward/up/home/history <frame>	Frame history ($ in the tooltip = target name)
reload <frame> / reload all	Reload displays (keeps the session in the HTML display)
zoom <level> <frame>	0 = fit, 1 = 100 %, 10–1000 = relative %
toggleSize fullScreen [n] / toggleSize x,y,WxH	Full screen / given size and back
`print frame	frameWithSetup
login, logout, exit, toolbar, statusline, `playback record	view, shell client
help	Listed in the readme but fails in R1.03: Unrecognized keyword (ISS-062) — do not use

The installed status line also uses item types displayName, playbackIndicator and dateTime, which the readme does not list (ISS-042).

• <translations name="nl"> blocks translate labels per locale (key = item name + .label).

3. Opening displays in frames and layouts

From	How
Button / component (Edit Module, Actions sheet → Open display)	Display, Layout (empty = current window), Frame, parameters; stored as <action type="actionActivateDisplay"> with <type … value="ActivateSpecific"/>, <display>, <layout>, <layoutFrame>
Menu / toolbar	navigate to <frame> <display> (current window only)
Login	User profile Layout and Initial display (Engineering Module, Authorization > Users, or USER_DF LAYOUT / INITIAL_DISPLAY); empty layout = default. Verified 2026-10-06 with the sample user CIENG (layout CIENG_Operator, display CIENG_Overview): applied on the desktop and at web logon without ?l=
HTML display	URL ?d=<display>&l=<layout>
Script on a component	Execute command (client side) with ACTION <layout command>, e.g. ACTION toggleSize 50,50,710x520. Desktop only: the web client ignores it (2026-10-02). One command at a time: a second ACTION while the first runs fails with IllegalStateException: A command is already being executed (desktop, tested 2026-10-06 with two ACTION reload all on one button)

Verified behaviour (desktop, 2026-10-01, with the former sample layout CIENG_Operator): a button with that layout opened a second window (1600 × 900, own menu/toolbar/frames); buttons without layout opened their display in the main frame of the current window; Back returned. A button with layout popup opened a separate window: always on top, only a close button, sized to the display (fitFrames), and minimised together with the window that opened it — use popups only for small displays (faceplates, setpoint dialogs).

4. Typical project layouts

• Operator main window: navigation frame + main frame default (+ tabs) + alarm banner, project menu/toolbar, assigned to operators via the user profile Layout.
• Kiosk / control-room screen: drawBorder="false", alwaysOnTop="true", initialSize="screenSize", closingAllowed="false", minimizingAllowed="false". toggleSize fullScreen covers the taskbar only when alwaysOnTop="true" (verified: with false the title bar and taskbar stay).
• Popups / faceplates: small layout with one frame default, initialSize="fitFrames", initialPosition="atCursor", alwaysOnTop="true", maximumOpen > 1 for several faceplates (factory: popup, FixedPopup, ResizablePopup, faceplate, tuningpanel, Setpoint, SelectMode).
• Several screens: one layout per screen with initialPosition="pixelsScreen2" / centreScreen2, or the dual-screen pattern of IM 36K10R30 §1.10.

5. HTML display differences

The browser window is the main layout (its size and window options are ignored); other layouts open as windows inside the page; print, look-and-feel and the debug key are not supported; pick the layout with &l=, or let the user profile choose it (§3). Verified 2026-10-06: ?l=CIENG_Operator (and a plain logon as CIENG) showed the sample menu, navigation toolbar, header, tab set and banner. The web client does not zoom displays (§6.1), so size them for the browser window.

6. Parameter reference: desktop vs web (tested 2026-10-02)

Test method: a marked test block in Layouts.xml; each layout started on the desktop with jwuipoi.cmd -layout <name> (start options from the installed client: -layout, -display, -host, -port, -secure, -hide, -timeout, -readtimeout, -ssotoken) and in the browser with ?d=<display>&l=<layout>. Desktop windows checked with window captures, web pages in the browser and in the web client code. "n/a" = the browser window is the main layout.

6.1 Frames

Parameter	Desktop	Web
rows/cols in pixels	exact	exact
fitDisplay	fits the display	edge panel only; default 200 px (left/right) or 50 px (top)
n* fractions (2*,1*)	not honoured (sizes follow the displays, e.g. 800:88 px)	every n* becomes the main panel; two n* overwrite each other, only the last display shows
Divisions per frame set	any	first = top/left, last = bottom/right, n* = main; more do not fit
Nested frame-set	anywhere, several	always placed in the parent's main panel; two nested sets, or one in an edge position, break the page (stays on Loading…)
Frame zoom (fitDisplay, stretchDisplay, n%)	applied, except for frames inside a <tab> (shown at 100 %; use `navigate to fitDisplay	stretchDisplay`, tested 2026-10-06)
borderStyle	drawn	only with drawBorder="true"; every value except none becomes a 1 px line
stackSize	honoured	honoured; default when missing = 1
zoomingAllowed="false"	zoom commands on that frame do nothing	zoom not supported at all
scrollingAllowed	scrollbars when the display is larger	panel overflow auto/hidden
initialDisplay of frame default	replaced by the user profile's initial display	replaced by ?d=

6.2 Window (<layout>)

Parameter	Desktop	Web
title	$<frame> → display title	$<frame> → display title or name; missing title → tab shows "undefined" and a script error
icon	title bar and taskbar	favicon
drawBorder	default false = no title bar and no border	frame borders only
sizingAllowed, minimizingAllowed	default false	n/a
closingAllowed="false"	close button still shown, closing is ignored; closing the last window ends the client	n/a
alwaysOnTop	topmost window	n/a
initialPosition pixels, pixelsScreen1, centreScreen	exact	n/a
initialSize pixels / fitFrames / screenSize / desktopSize	exact / wraps the display / whole screen incl. taskbar (same on one screen)	n/a
Defaults (nothing set)	borderless, at 0,0, sized to the display	works
lookAndFeel (Metal)	applied; adds a second (Metal) title bar inside the window	n/a

6.3 Menu, toolbars, status line

Item	Desktop	Web
type="sub" / check / radio	work (radio bullet, check tick)	not shown (items dropped)
accelerator	F11 works; F5 / ALT keys not confirmed	—
$ in tooltip	resolved	resolved
Toolbar position="top"	shown	shown
Toolbar left / right	shown	not shown
Toolbar bottom	not shown (two layouts tried)	not shown
Toolbar item combo, editableCombo, dropdownList	shown	shown
Status line, all 8 types	shown	7 shown; connectionState breaks the layout: at login createStatusline fails (Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')) and no frame is created (tested 2026-10-06, ISS-068)

6.4 Commands

Command	Desktop	Web
navigate to <frame> <display> [zoom] [params]	works, zoom applied	works, zoom ignored
navigate back/forward/home/up/history/backList/forwardList	work	work (home is added to the history)
reload <frame> / reload all	work	work
zoom <level> <frame> (0, 1, 2, 0.5, 150)	work	not supported
toggleSize fullScreen [n]	work area (taskbar stays unless alwaysOnTop); again = back	browser full screen; screen number ignored
toggleSize x,y,WxH	works; again = back	not possible in a browser tab
toolbar (check)	hides/shows all toolbars; toolbar false behaves as a toggle too	no effect
statusline (check)	hides/shows (a piece of the date field stays painted)	no effect
print …	preview / setup dialogs open	disabled
login / logout / exit	— / — / closes	login disabled; logout, exit work
shell client <cmd>	runs on the client (Notepad opened)	sent to the server; shell client ACTION <layout command> runs a layout command
lookfeel <class>	—	no effect
playback record (check) / view	—	not supported (view disabled)
help	error Unrecognized keyword	—

"—" = not checked.

6.5 Layouts opened from a display, translations, debug key

Tested with a launcher display (copy of CIENG_Menu whose buttons use Open display with a layout and frame default).

Parameter	Desktop	Web
modal="true"	dialog window (no min/max); the opener is disabled until it closes	in-page window with a full-page lock; centred
maximumOpen="2"	2 windows; the 3rd click: The display '…' cannot be activated because the maximum number of windows is reached	same (in-page windows, same message)
Popup size (initialSize="pixels")	applied	applied (500×350, 450×300)
initialPosition="centreFrame"	at 0,0 (not centred)	centred in the page
initialPosition="centreLayout"	near the opener, not exactly centred (opener partly off-screen)	centred in the page
atCursor / awayFromCursor	opened at 1677,363 near the launcher click (cursor position not logged) / at 10,890, the far bottom-left corner	—
<translations name="<locale>">	applied for the exact JVM locale (en_AU here): layout title, menu and toolbar label, tooltip; no fallback from en_AU to en	browser locale en-US: neither en_AU nor en applied
debugActivationKey (CONTROL SHIFT F6)	opens the Graphics debugger (connections and parameters of the display)	not supported (see §5)

Keys: <layout name>.title, <item name>.label|tooltip|mnemonic|accelerator. The desktop locale comes from Windows (the start script sets no -Duser.language).

6.6 Tabs (<tab>)

Factory pattern (works on both clients): a <tab name="default"> holding frames tab1, tab2, … in the n* slot of a nested frame set, next to the navigation frame.

Parameter	Desktop	Web
Tab labels	display title (the profile's initial display goes into the first tab)	display title (_ until the display is loaded; verified 2026-10-06 with the sample tabs)
Frame zoom on a tab frame or on <tab>	ignored (100 %); navigate to <tab frame> <display> stretchDisplay applies it (sample: toolbar, menu and an On entry ACTION of the banner)	not supported
Active tab after login	the profile's initial display tab	the last tab whose display loaded; the sample banner (loaded after the tab set) opens CIENG_Overview in its tab with an On entry action to bring Overview to the front
Position of <tab> in its frame set	any	must be the last child: the tab click handler uses the last panel created in the frame set; tab set first (banner after it): labels stay _, Unable to switch/load requested display, tab clicks fail, the banner frame is missing (tested 2026-10-06, ISS-069)
tabPosition bottom / left	applied	ignored (always top)
navigate to <tab set name> <display>	replaces the display in the active tab; no new tab	—
navigate to <tab frame name> <display>	shows it in that tab	—
closeTabAllowed on a tab frame	true = close button, false = none; closing works	same
closeTabAllowed (and other defaults) on <tab> only	not inherited by the frames (no close buttons)	not inherited
maximumTabs	does not limit the initial tabs (1 with 2 frames shows 2); the limit for new tabs was not reached by navigate, so not confirmed	initial tabs not limited
minimumTabLabelWidth, tabButtonGap	no visible effect	—
Frame with initialDisplay=""	empty tab	—
Tab set next to the nav frame at the top level (with menu, empty tab)	works	hangs on Loading… (nav frame not created); the factory shape works

Verified (CI-Eng-Sample, 2026-10-01)

layout.ps1 add / remove / add (removal identical to the original, backup kept); Operator Interface restart required before the layout was found; desktop and web windows as described above; F11 (toggleSize fullScreen) worked within the taskbar limits; after restarting the Operator Interface the main window still used the factory default layout (Admin profile unchanged).

2026-10-06 (sample operator HMI): layout.ps1 add / remove / add with CIENG_Operator (tab set in a nested frame set, last child) and CIENG_Popup; removal restored Layouts.xml byte for byte. User CIENG lands in CIENG_Operator on Overview on both clients; ADMIN keeps the default layout. Test layouts (removed again): tab set first in its frame set (web broken), maximumTabs 8 with 2 tab frames (no extra tab on the web), status line with connectionState (web broken).