# Main Window

The QLC+ Main Window consists of three main parts:

1. A Menu bar containing buttons for global functions
2. Active panels selected by their respective tabs
3. Tabs that allow the selection of one of the QLC+ panels

Most of the controls throughout the software have tooltips, which pop up after holding your mouse cursor over them for a short while.

## Menu bar (1)

The menu bar on the top of the workspace window contains the following buttons (from left to right):

New workspace (CTRL+N)
Open an existing workspace (hold the button longer for a list of recent files) (CTRL+O)
Save the current workspace (CTRL+S)
Save the current workspace with a new name

DMX Monitor (CTRL+M)
DMX Address tool
Audio triggers

Toggle full screen mode (CTRL+F11)
View this documentation (Shift+F1)
View information about QLC+

DMX Dump (CTRL+D)
Live Edit: allows you to modify a function while QLC+ is in Operate Mode
Live Edit Virtual Console: allows you to modify the Virtual Console while QLC+ is in Operate Mode. Click to Toggle
Stop All Functions (CTRL+Shift+ESC)
Toggle Blackout
Switch between Design Mode and Operate Mode (CTRL+F12)

## Active Panel (2)

Everything happens here. Which panel is active depends on which tab is currently selected.

## Panel Tabs (3)

At the bottom of main window you can find easy eye catching icons for switching between QLC+ contexts.
By double clicking on a tab, a context can be detached on a separate window. To reattach a detached context, just close the window.
QLC+ contexts appear in the following order (from left to right):

View the Fixture Manager
View the Function Manager
View the Show Manager
View the Virtual Console
View the Simple Desk
View the Input/Output configuration manager