Using The Navigator

Selecting a Species

Navigate to the species you want to view using the Tree control in the top half of the Navigator and click on the species name.

The available assets for the species are displayed in the Asset Selector in the bottom half of the Navigator. The browser will update to display one or more of the species assets according to the currently set Browser mode - see Using the Browser.

Click the Switch Sort Order button to toggle the species list between taxonomic and alphabetical order.

Finding a Species
 

Type all or part of the species name into the Search field at the top of the navigator (e.g. meadow) and click the Find in List button to find the species. Click the Find in List button again to find the next occurrence of that name.

Loading Species Lists

Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Navigator to select one of the defined Species lists such as by Taxonomy or by Family.

Navigator to Browser Link

The Toggle Navigator to Browser button toggles the linkage between the Navigator and Browser on and off. With the link toggled off you can select other species and assets in the Navigator without affecting the assets currently being viewed in the browser.

Use this when you want to build a composite of assets in the browser from more than one species (see Making your own Asset Collection) or if you want to copy species from one Navigator to another (see Creating a New Navigator).

Icon and List Asset Views

The navigator's Asset Selector displays the set of available assets for the selected species. Click the Icon tab to view the assets as small icons or the List tab to list the assets by name.

With the browser in Thumbnail mode, double-click on an asset to view it in the Browser on its own. If the Browser is in one of the other modes, single-click on the asset to display it in the Browser - see Using the Browser. The keyboard arrow keys can also be used for navigating through the assets in the Asset Selector.
 

Filtering Assets

In the Asset Selector click the Filter tab. Choose the types of assets that you want to see for each species. You can also filter assets on words contained in their captions by entering a word (e.g. calls) in the Caption contains field. All asset types can be selected or cleared by clicking the All and Clear buttons.

Click the Apply button to make your filter options have effect in the asset selectors Icon and List views.

Changing the Navigator Display Language

Click on the Navigator's Choose Language button to display a list of available languages as shown here.

Select the desired language from the list. The Navigator will refresh its list of species to display them in the selected language.

If the Browser is currently displaying a species title this will also be refreshed to the selected language. See Using the Browser for more information about changing the species title language independently of the Navigator language.

Undocking the Navigator

By dragging the blue/green bar at the top of the navigator it can be undocked from the main screen. This gives you maximum available browser area while still allowing you to select other species. To redock the navigator, drag it close to the left margin of the main screen.

 Alternatively the navigator can be toggled on and off - click the Toggle Navigator button. This again maximizes the browser display area; however you will no longer be able to select another species unless you click the Toggle Navigator button to view the Navigator again.

Editing a Navigator

You can customise Navigators, including the pre-supplied navigators installed as part of the product and your own user-created navigators (see Creating a New Navigator below). We recommend caution, however, if you decide to alter a pre-supplied navigator. You can change the name of a species, the order in which it appears within the Navigator, or add your own Notes to any entry in a Navigator.

If the Edit tab in the Asset Selector is inactive (greyed out), right-click (Mac: Command-click) the entry you want to change and select Edit Enable from the context menu (editing of the pre-supplied navigators is disabled by default). Then select the Edit tab in the Asset Selector. We would generally recommend you do not change the Path or Order fields for the pre-supplied Navigators. Add your own notes by clicking in the Notes box and typing whatever you like. To commit your changes click the Apply button.

You can also add your own Notes as new assets within the asset browser - see Adding your own Notes to a Species.

Creating a New Navigator

 To create a new, personalized, Navigator, click the New Navigator button in the toolbar, select Features, New Navigator, or click Ctrl+N (Mac: Command+N).

To add species from an existing Navigator to your new list:

1. Click the Toggle Link to Browser button on the existing Navigator:
   
   
   
   
2. Drag and drop species from the existing Navigator to the new list:
   
   
   
   
3. Or if you prefer you can add whole families to the new list in one go:
   
   
   
   You can select multiple species and/or families (and then transfer them in one go) by holding down the Shift key while you click on them in the existing navigator.
   
   If you hold down the Ctrl key as you drop a selection onto an existing entry in the new navigator, the new entry will be added as a "child", at a lower level to the existing entry.
   
   If you make a mistake you can remove entries from a new navigator by right-clicking (Mac: Command-clicking) on the new entry and selecting Remove from the context menu.
   
   
4. To rename your new list, select the topmost entry in the list (called New List by default) and select the Edit tab in the Asset Selector. Type the new name in the Name box:
   
   
   
   Alternatively, click to select the entry, then click again to edit it. You can protect a list entry from accidental alterations by right-clicking (Mac: Command-clicking) and selecting Edit Disable from the context menu.
   
   You can alter the Order of the elements of the list by entering a number in the Order box on the Edit tab of the Asset Selector, and you can add your own notes in the Notes box. Unless you're sure you know what you're doing, we'd recommend you don't alter the contents of the Path or Order boxes.
   
   
5. Save your list for future use by clicking the Navigator Menu button:
   
   
   
   at the top of the new list, and selecting Save List As... from the menu that appears.
6. Close the new list.

You can use the New Navigator feature to build your own lists - perhaps including only the birds you've seen in your garden or in the whole of the British Isles. Then simply add additional species as you see them to add them to your "list". If you want to add your own Notes against any species in the list, you can do so as follows:

1. Select the species you want in the list tree (right/command-click and select Edit Enable if necessary).
2. Click the Edit tab (as shown above).
3. Type whatever you want into the Notes field.
4. Click Apply.

See also Adding your own Notes to a Species. You can also add your own assets (photos etc.) to species in the new list - see Adding your own Asset to a Species.

You can export a list you have created to a text file in a tab-delimited format suitable for importing and editing in Microsoft Excel™, Windows Notepad or other word processors. Click the Navigator Menu button in the Navigator Toolbar and select Export.