2.1 GUI Components

The graphical user interface (GUI) is made up of seven main components: the menu bar, toolbars, a navigation pane, task pages, a console, dialog boxes, and graphics windows. When you use the GUI, you will be interacting with one of these components at all times. Figure  2.1.1 is a sample screen shot showing all of the GUI components. The seven GUI components are described in detail in the subsequent sections.

On Linux/UNIX systems, the attributes of the GUI (including colors and text fonts) can be customized to better match your platform environment. This is described in Section  2.2.

Figure 2.1.1: The GUI Components