Layout

Vertically the zbedic window is divided in three regions -- toolbar, wordlist and description box.

Menu

  1. Switch dictionaries - toggles between two most recently used dictionaries. You can find this action useful for bilingual dictionaries, when you look up translations in both directions.
  2. Select dictionary - selects the current dictionary
  3. History previous/next - navigate through history items. To mimic behavior of back and forward buttons in a web browser, the history list can grow both in upward and downward direction from the current item.
  4. Look up selection - select a word in the description box, then press this button to look up its translation or description.
  5. Copy - copies the text that is selected to the clipboard
  6. Paste - pastes from the clipboard to the input box
  7. Zoom in/out - enlarges or diminished text if a bigger/smaller size if available for the current font
  8. Configure keyboard - customize keyboard shortcuts
  9. Settings - shows the settings dialog box

Wordlist

The control show the list of defined words that are lexicographically after the word entered in the input box. The number of words shown can be configured from the settings dialog box.

Description Box

This box shows the word description. If the text in the input box matches an existing word, the description of that word is shown.

Settings

The Settings dialog box allows the user to configure zbedic. The configuration parameters are:

Layout Tab

Dictionaries Tab

Misc Tab