Posts Tagged ‘libraries’

Ribbon Bar App Prototype Library, Template and Sample Released

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Now you can get a massive head start when designing applications based on the ribbon bar user interface paradigm that originated with Microsoft Office 2007.

Using the Ribbon Bar elements already in GUI Design Studio, our new design library, application template and prototype sample make it easier for you to get started quickly.

1. Ribbon Library

The Ribbon Library contains:

  • 15 common ribbon groups: Clipboard, Document Views, Editing, Font, Illustrations, Links, Pages, Page Setup, Paragraph, Sort, Styles, Symbols, Tables, Window and Zoom
  • 3 pre-configured ribbons that use the groups: Home, Insert and View
  • An application window, menu and quick access drop-down
  • Various grids for colour selectors and generic item selections
  • Other popups including a page size and symbol selector
     

Once you’ve added these to your design projects you can edit and expand them as necessary for your own application.

Ribbon Library Widgets
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Collaborative GUI Design Patterns Site Launched

Friday, March 26th, 2010

GUI Design Patterns SiteRight from the start, GUI Design Studio was built with the ability to link in libraries of common design components so that you can reuse them within different projects. This has been extended in version 4.0 with custom elements within libraries and the new templates feature.

This is also a really useful way of sharing your designs. If you work in a team, or in an organisation that creates multiple products, you can share complete designs, templates of multi-page design patterns or individual components. Not only does this help save lots of time, it also promotes consistency and best practice in your designs.

What’s been missing is an easy way for you to get access to design libraries and to share your own.

So we’ve just launched www.guidesignpatterns.com where you can download libraries, templates, samples and patterns, and make your own contributions to the community. So, even if you work on your own, you’ll be able to benefit from the work of others and to share your work with them.

Our aim for this site is to build up an extensive resource of common design patterns and elements to help you create your prototypes as quickly as possible.

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GUI Design Studio 4.0 Preview – Part 2:
Custom Elements and Templates

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Version 4.0 PreviewGUI Design Studio version 4.0 includes new “Custom Elements” and “Templates”. These complement Components and Libraries already in GUI Design Studio.

They’re simple but they can make a big difference to your productivity by cutting out a huge amount of repetitive work, keeping consistency with house styles and helping you to create designs faster.

Custom Elements

Any folder within the Project tree can be assigned to be a Custom Element Folder. The folder icon then changes to indicate its new status. This is also applied to all of its sub-folders.

Custom Elements Folder

Now, you can create Custom Element designs within the folder and any existing GUI design that you want to be used as a Custom Element can be dragged into it.
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