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โ“ Formaquestion

Formaquestion is the help window. It holds this guide and a search of it. The guide is part of the app, so the window works with no network and no AI.

๐Ÿ“ฑ On a mobile-size screen, Formaquestion opens as a full-screen sheet. See On Mobile.

How to Open Formaquestion

  1. Select the Help tab on the edge of the screen, or press F1.
  2. To close the window, select Close at its top right. On Android, you can also use the back action.

The window stays open when you go to a different screen or open a dialog. You can use the dialog and the window together. Escape closes the dialog and leaves the window open.

How to Search the Guide

  1. Open Formaquestion.
  2. Select the Search tab.
  3. Type two or more letters in Search the Guide.
  4. Select a result to read its section.

The best matches are first. Each result shows the section, its page and the start of its text.

How to Read a Guide Page

  1. Open Formaquestion.
  2. Select the Guide tab.
  3. Select a page to see its sections.
  4. Select a section.

To go back to the list of pages, select Contents above the section.

How to Get Help for the Screen You Have Open

  1. Open the screen, dialog or tab that you need help with.
  2. Open Formaquestion.
  3. Select the row under Help for This Screen.

The row is the first item on the Search tab and on the Guide tab. It names the guide section for the screen, the dialog and the tab that you have open. It changes when you open a different one. A screen with no guide section shows no row. The row does not show while you search.

How to Move and Resize the Window

  1. Drag the title bar to move the window.
  2. Drag the bottom right corner to change its size.

To see the contents and a section side by side, select Wide View in the title bar. Select it again to go back.

How to Move the Help Tab

  1. Drag the Help tab along the edge of the screen. It goes to the nearest of the four edges.
  2. Release it.

With the keyboard, press Tab until the Help tab has focus. Then press the arrow keys.


The Window

Formaquestion is one window for the whole app. It shows above every dialog, and it keeps its search text and its open section while the app is open.

Control What it does
Title bar Drag it to move the window
Wide View Changes between the narrow and the wide layout
Close Closes the window
Bottom right corner Drag it to change the size of the window

F1 does one of three things:

When you press F1 Result
The window is closed The window opens
The window is open, and you are typing somewhere else The cursor goes to the window
The cursor is in the window The window closes
  • The window stays whole on the screen. When the browser window gets smaller, Formaquestion moves back inside it.
  • This device keeps the place and the size of the window. They are not in a backup or an export.
  • The narrow layout shows one tab at a time. The wide layout shows the search field and the contents on the left, and the section on the right. The layout changes at a width of 560 pixels, so the corner changes it too.
  • While the welcome animation plays, the Help tab does not show and F1 does nothing.

Search

The Search tab finds sections by the words you type. It needs no network and no AI.

  • A search starts at two letters.
  • A word in a section's heading counts more than a word in its text.
  • A section that has more of your words is higher in the list than a section that repeats one word.
  • A plural finds the singular: "blueprints" finds Blueprint.
  • No sections match shows when no word matches.

The search reads each page of this guide, the Glossary, the World Format page and the newest releases in the Changelog.

In the wide layout, the results replace the contents on the left while the search field has two or more letters.

Guide

The Guide tab lists each page of this guide. Select a page to show or hide its sections.

  • Introduction is the text at the top of a page.
  • A long section is in parts. Each part has a number, such as (Part 2).
  • On This Page, under a section, lists the other sections of the same page.
  • A link to a guide page opens that section in the window.
  • A link to a website opens in your browser.

On Mobile

On a screen narrower than 768 pixels, Formaquestion fills the screen. It has the Search and Guide tabs of the narrow layout.

  • The sheet slides in from the edge that holds the Help tab. The tab hides while the sheet is open.
  • The sheet opens above an open dialog. When you close the sheet, the dialog is as you left it.
  • The keyboard does not open until you select a field. With the keyboard open, the sheet fits the space above it.
  • The sheet has no Wide View, and you cannot move it or change its size.
  • On Android, the back action closes the sheet first, before a dialog under it.

The Help Tab

The Help tab opens and closes Formaquestion. It starts on the right edge of the screen, at the middle.

  • The tab stays flat against one of the four edges. Its text turns with the edge.
  • A press with no move opens the window. A drag moves the tab.
  • This device keeps the place of the tab.
  • The window opens from the tab and closes into it. If your system reduces motion, the window shows and hides at once.

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