Applications can also use the main pane area to freely draw whatever is needed. In
that case, however, the responsibility of the look and feel is entirely on the
application's designer. General guidelines for designing application specific main
pane layouts can be found elsewhere in this document.
Status pane
Status pane displays status information of the current application and state as well
as general information about the device status – for example the signal strength and
battery charging. It occupies the top part of the screen.
Status pane may be non-existent in a few applications or situations.
Status pane contains the following sub-panes:
Title pane ·
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Context pane
Navi pane
Signal pane
Battery pane / Universal indicator pane
Signal
pane
Batteery pane
(Universal
indicator pane)
Context
pane
Title pane
Navi pane
Figure 3-2. Status pane areas.
See the following sections for detailed descriptions about each of these.
Title pane
Title pane displays a context - dependent application title or state name.
Figure 3-3. Title pane
Typically, the title text is the descriptive name of the current main pane view. ·
· In application idle, the title text is typically the application's name.
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