## 4.6. Main application elements

Kexi's main window
Main elements of Kexi application's window are:

- Menubar - contains available commands for the application. You will find detailed description of any of the commands in Appendix ??.

- Toolbar - contains most frequently used commands.

- Project Navigator's pane - contains a list of any object (tables, queries, forms, ...) created within the currently opened database project. The navigator also contains small toolbar with most usable commands related to the database objects.

- Opened database objects area - a central area of the application taking most of the screen space. For IDEAl user interface mode it contains a switchable tabs with windows that are always maximized. For Childframe user interface mode it contains floating windows.

- Properties pane - contains a list of properties of currently activated database object. For certain objects (e.g. form's widgets) it can be consisted of several tabs.

- Taskbar - contains a list of currently opened windows with database objects. For IDEAl user interface mode, it is available as a number of tabs. For Childframe user interface mode, it is available as a number of buttons, behaving just like your operating system's taskbar.