Properties (Right) Pane

The status/properties pane, located on the right of the Rootfly workspace, displays the properties associated with the roots of a current session.



    • Tube Field

The tube field displays the number of the current tube being analyzed in the Rootfly workspace.


To change the current tube being analyzed, input a valid tube number followed by pressing Enter on the keyboard or by using the up and down arrows.


    • Window Field

The window field displays the number of the current tube being analyzed in the Rootfly workspace. To change the current window being analyzed, input a valid window number followed by pressing Enter on the keyboard or by using the up and down arrows.


The current window also may be changed by clicking on a thumbnail in the Window (Left) Pane.


    • Session Field

The session field displays the number of the current session being analyzed in the Rootfly workspace. To change the current session being analyzed, input a valid session number followed by pressing Enter on the keyboard or by using the up and down arrows.


The current session also may be changed by clicking on a thumbnail in the Session (Bottom) Pane.


    • Root Properties

The root properties contain information specific to a selected root in the Rootfly workspace.  This information includes:

      • RootID - Root's ID Number.  Assigned by Rootfly.
      • Diameter - Root diameter's length.
      • Length - Total length of root.
      • Color - Root color.  Assigned by user.
      • State - "Live" or "Dead" status of root. Assigned by user.
      • Custom - Root CodeAssigned by user.


    • Show Roots

When working on a large number of roots the annotated roots may get in the way of a user's view of the image, causing them to miss roots they could otherwise see. Show Roots allows you to toggle whether or not the roots are displayed in the Rootfly workspace.


    • Show Diameters

When working with a large number of roots, it may be difficult to see all the roots in a session. Show Diameters allows you to toggle whether or not the root diameters are displayed in the Rootfly workspace.


    • Show Root IDs

Show Root IDs allows you to toggle whether or not the root ID numbers are displayed in the Rootfly workspace.


    • Show Dead Roots

Show Dead Roots allows you to toggle whether or not roots with the “Dead” status are visible in the Rootfly workspace.


Root Function Buttons

The next five buttons in this pane are dedicated to working with roots.  To learn more about these function, review the working with roots section.


    • Annotate
      Annotate allows you to create, edit, move, and delete roots in the current image. The other choices are grayed out until the Annotate button is pressed.


    • New Root

New Root allows you to create a new root in the Rootfly workspace. The new root created will be relative to the current window being analyzed.


    • Move All Roots

Move All Roots will select all the roots in the current image window, allowing you to move them to another location.


    • Extend Endpoint

Extend Endpoint allows the user to modify the length of an existing root by furthering the location of the endpoint.


    • Delete Root

Delete Root will remove a selected root from the current session.


    • Zooming/Panning

The and buttons allow a user to zoom in and out, respectively.   This can also be accomplished by pressing the "+" and "-" keys on a keyboard.


The four direction buttons (up, down, left, and right) allow a user to pan around an image while zoomed-in.


If the user wishes to view more than one window at a time, a user can enter zoomed-out mode.  Zooming out (pressing "-") as far as possible allows a user to do this.  The mode allows a user to view three windows at once, facilitating in the analysis of roots that span multiple windows.  Learn more about this mode in the zoomed-out mode section.

Image: Properties Pane

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