Slides List

Purpose

This screen is used to browse the entire Slides list, based on a chosen sort order. The list will be split across several pages, each with the maximum number of entries (value defined globally for the application -- see Global Definitions File), to avoid saturating the browser when dealing with very long lists. Controls are available to navigate between the different segments of that list.

This screen also serves as the main entry point to the creation and edition of individual Slides.

For further information about the creation, edition and management of Slide objects, please refer to the Slides Edition Page and the Pictures Management Workflow.

Getting There...

From the Main Application Menu (or indeed almost any other Project Hirtius page), click on the "Manage Slides" icon in the header ().

Fields

Each entry in the list will use the following layout:

*slide ID* (anchor)	tray ID	location (country)	shot date	quality	[actions]
	description #1
	description #2

For the description, format and meaning of each field, please refer to the Slides Edition Page.

Please note: Slide objects, that have been marked as "obsolete", will be displayed in this list on a different background colour (blue) and some of the fields will be rendered as striked-through (slide ID, tray ID).

Controls

Sort order bar

The first row of controls beneath the page header allows the user to select the desired sort order for the list. The currently active sort order is rendered as text, whereas all other available choices are rendered as HTML links. Here are the four available choices:

by slide#: (default). Ordered by increasing slide ID.
by tray: ordered by increasing tray ID (this is the full "address" of the slide in its tray, i.e. the tray name followed by the slot number; e.g. 059Xb4).
by date: ordered by increasing shot date. This sort order may differ from the first one, as you don't necessarily enter your slides in Project Hirtius in the same order you shot them, certainly in the beginning, or when merging separate pre-existing collections.
by location: ordered by increasing location + country + description #1 + description #2.

Selecting a different sort order always returns you to the top of the list (as defined by that order).

Navigation bar

The second row of controls beneath the page header allows the user to navigate the Slides list based on the currently selected sort order (see above). Some action links (prev and next) may be rendered as text when not applicable.

Here are the available actions:

First: jump to top of list (first record).
Prev: show previous page (i.e. previous chunk of 'N' records, where 'N' is a value defined in the Global Definitions File).
All: show all records on a single page. Depending on the length of the list, this may be more than your browser can handle, and it may make it crash.
Next: show next page (i.e. next chunk of 'N' records, where 'N' is a value defined in the Global Definitions File).
Last: jump to bottom of list (last record).

For really large collections (10.000 slides or more), this navigation method will show its limits. The larger your slides collection, the more you should rely on the search interface or the project management features to locate your slides. For more details, see Navigation Tips.

Slide actions

For each Slide in the list, the first and last columns of its row contain links that correspond to actions to be performed on the Slide object.

Slide ID: the Slide ID (left-most column) is a link that opens the Slides Edition Page in view mode for the selected Slide.
Edit: opens the Slides Edition Page in edit mode for the selected Slide.
Clone: opens the Slides Edition Page in clone mode for the selected Slide (use it to create a new Slide record based on a copy of the original one: all fields will be pre-filled; further edit them as needed before hitting Submit).
Del: opens the Slides Edition Page in delete confirmation mode for the selected Slide. You can then confirm to proceed with the deletion or cancel it and return to the list.

In addition to this, a global action is available on the last row (bottom right corner) of every segment of the list:

Add: opens the Slides Edition Page in add mode (displays a blank HTML form to be filled in order to create a new Slide record).

Related pages menu

At the bottom of the page, between the Slides list and the page footer, a small secondary menu is located that will give you access to pages related to the task at hand (such as Trays management or reports), pages that are not directly reachable through the header toolbar.

Here are the menu entries in question:

Slides Trays: opens the Slide Trays List.
Slide book: opens the Slides Report Page in "book" mode.
Slide index: opens the Slides Report Page in "slide index" mode.
Tray index: opens the Slides Report Page in "tray index" mode.