User interface

Use the

FactoryTalk Design Workbench

user interface (UI) to create projects, specify which panes to view, and reset to the default layout if necessary.

Items on the UI
Item	Name	Description
	Menu bar	Contains the menu items for FactoryTalk Design Workbench and the active window.
	Toolbar	Contains: The Save and Online center buttons. The run mode change (RMC) toolbar with buttons to start online editing, test, accept, and finalize changes during RMC. If RMC changes are ongoing, not tested, or not accepted in a Program Organization Unit (POU), the following icons appear beside that POU in Project Organizer to indicate the changes: indicates that there are ongoing or unsaved RMC changes. Before reconnecting to the controller, you can choose to resume editing. indicates that testing is in progress on a POU. Before reconnecting to the controller, you can choose to continue testing the POU.
	Project Organizer	Displays the devices, I/O configurations, and program elements of the project in an organized tree view.
	Pane bar	Contains the button toggles you use to show or hide specific panes.
	Output pane	Contains: A Console page that displays the added devices, their connection status, and log entries. An Error list page that displays the descriptions, locations, and time stamps of errors, warnings, and messages. A Log page that displays the log descriptions and time stamps.
	Workspace	Contains the options to configure devices and build programs. The content varies with the page you open.
	Connection pane	For each added device, the Connection pane contains: The device name and catalog number. The connection path to connect to the device if any. The toggle to connect to or disconnect from the device. The Controller mode list to view and change the controller connection mode. The Fault button to open the Micro800 controller's fault diagnostics page. The Diagnose button to open the controller and communication diagnostics pages. The Secure button to open the pages to set, clear, or change the controller password.
	Toolbox	Contains the logic elements and instructions that can be added to the opened language editor.
	Properties pane	Displays the properties of a selected item. You can edit the properties in the Properties pane.
	Error indicator	Displays the total number of errors in the current project, counting only errors from POUs that are built and verified.
	Warning indicator	Displays the total number of warnings in the current project, counting only errors from POUs that are built and verified.