CHAPTER 2
Container Views
2-12 Main Views
Figure 2-11 Separator bars separate multiple items in a scrolling view
A user creates a separator bar, also called a divider bar, by drawing a line
across the view or by tapping a New button on the view’s status bar. Tapping
the New button always scrolls to the last item and adds a new blank item
below it. Making the line gesture adds a new blank item below the line,
before the following item.
A separator bar is a heavy black line with various buttons and text. At the
left end of each separator bar is a picture button, called the Item Info button,
which indicates the type of item below it. Next to that button is the item’s
title, displayed in the bold style of the system font. For more information on
the Item Info button, see “Item Info Button” on page 3-29.
At the right end of each separator bar is an Action button for routing the
item. If the application allows users to file items in folders, a Filing button
appears on each separator bar next to the Action button, and the name of the
item’s folder appears next to the Filing button whenever the view is showing
the items of all folders. For more information on those buttons, see “Action
Button and Picker” on page 7-8 and “Filing Button and Slip” on page 8-14.
On an Apple MessagePad, the separator line is two pixels thick and the title
is in 9- or 10-point text.
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ndicates type of
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Name of item’s
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itle of item
Controls that
affect the item