The Main Application Window

Once a project is loaded, the Main Application Window becomes your primary workspace. It features a three-column layout designed for an efficient workflow.

Layout Overview

The main window is divided into three sections:

1. Left Vertical Toolbar - Quick access to tools and modes
2. Center Panel (Image View) - Displays project images with interactive text boxes
3. Right Panel (Control & Edit View) - OCR results, text styling, and translation tools

Left Vertical Toolbar

A VS Code-style vertical toolbar on the far left provides quick access to primary tools:

• Settings (cog icon): Opens the application settings dialog.
• Manual OCR: Toggles Manual OCR mode for selecting specific regions to OCR.
• Toggle Text Visibility: Show or hide all text boxes overlaid on the images.
• Context Fill Menu: Access Context Fill options (Context Fill Mode, Edit Context Fills, Toggle Fill Visibility).
• Split Images: Start the image splitting workflow.
• Stitch Images: Start the image stitching workflow.

Center Panel (Image View)

The Image View displays your project’s images sequentially. This is an interactive canvas where OCR-detected text boxes are rendered directly on the images.

• Image Area
  • Navigation: Use your mouse wheel or the scrollbar to move through the images.
  • Text Box Interaction:
    • Select: Click a text box to select it. It will be highlighted with a blue frame, and its properties will load in the Right Panel.
    • Move: Drag a selected text box to reposition it.
    • Resize: Drag the handles on the corners and sides of a selected text box.
    • Rotate: Drag the rotation handle (circular arrow) above a selected text box.
    • Perspective Transform: Hold Ctrl while dragging a corner handle to apply perspective distortion.
  • Overlay Controls: A floating overlay at the bottom-left provides quick access buttons:
    • Scroll to Top: Instantly navigate to the beginning of your image list.
    • Save Menu: Opens a menu with options to save the project (.mmtl) or save rendered images.
    • Scroll to Bottom: Instantly navigate to the end of your image list.

Right Panel (Control & Edit View)

The Right Panel contains all the tools for managing your project’s data, text, and styles. It uses splitters to allow resizing of its components.

• Top Controls:

  • Process OCR / Stop OCR: A combined toggle button that starts or stops the batch OCR process. Includes a built-in progress indicator.
  • Profile Selector: A dropdown menu to switch between different text profiles (e.g., Original, User Edit 1, Translations).
  • Chat Toggle: Show or hide the AI Translation chat widget.
  • Import/Export Menu (three bars icon): Opens a menu for importing and exporting data.

• Main Widgets:

  • Text Box Style Panel: Located at the top of the results area, providing detailed styling options for the selected text box. Can be resized vertically.
  • Results Widget: A table of all OCR text entries for detailed editing and management. Can be resized vertically relative to the style panel.
  • Translation Chat Widget: An AI-powered translation assistant that can be shown/hidden via the chat toggle button. Appears to the right of the results widget when enabled.

Menu Bar

The application menu bar at the top of the window provides access to all major functions.

• Files: Manage projects (New, Open, Import from WFWF), import/export data, save projects (Save, Save As), and exit the application.
• Edit: Access tools like Find/Replace.
• Process: Access primary workflows like Start/Stop OCR, Manual OCR Mode, Context Fill Mode, Edit Context Fills, Split Images, and Stitch Images.
• View: Toggle interface options including Translation Chat, Profiles submenu, Toggle Text Visibility, Toggle Context Fill Visibility, and (Legacy) Advanced Mode.

Note: Settings can be accessed via the Settings (cog) button in the left vertical toolbar.