.. _01_introduction_conn:

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Introduction
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Instrument View is a widget for displaying data on the instrument geometry. It
consists of three elements:

-  :purple:`Controls panel`
-  :orange:`Graphical display`
-  :green:`Data integration slider`

.. figure:: /images/InstrumentViewGeneralView.png
   :alt: InstrumentViewGeneralView.png
   :align: center

The controls in the controls panel are placed into four tabs according
to their functions

-  Render
-  Pick
-  Draw
-  Instrument

The display window shows the instrument detector coloured according to
the (integrated) counts in a workspace. The integration range is adjusted
using the data slider at the bottom. It can be moved, widened and shrunk using the arrow keys.