The main window, also called toolbox, is one of the two Gwyddion windows that appear after program start (with no files given to open), the other one is the data browser. The main window consists of the set of Gwyddion menus and from several rows of buttons connected with common functions and tools. The menus group Gwyddion functions as follows:
associates commands that are used for file loading and saving. Global commands (e. g. ) are located here too. Submenu command names are self-explanatory (, , etc.). The history of recently opened files can be browsed with → → .
consists of history manipulation commands (, ) and and editors of miscellaneous global resources, such as gradients and materials for false color and 3D data representation or the default color used for data masking.
is built automatically from all data processing modules available in the Gwyddion module directory (depending on the operating system). This menu together with Tools panel of buttons contain most of the commands you will need at analyzing your SPM data. A subset of these functions is also available in Data Process button panel. These buttons serve as shortcuts to commonly used functions from menu. All functions accessible from Data Process button panel can be found in the menu too.
is similar to , except it consists of graph functions. Graph processing includes function fitting, exporting graph data etc. Button panel Graph again contains a subset of commonly used functions from menu.
contains commands that provide information about height field metadata (e.g. scanning speed, tip voltage, etc.) and information about Gwyddion itself.
Finally, you can find some rows of buttons in the main window. Buttons in View panel offer zooming functions (that are often more easily invoked by keyboard shortcuts or just rezising the data window) and 3D data display. Panels Data Process and Graph contain selected functions from and menus as described above.
Panel Tools contains tools, i.e. functions that directly work with selections on data windows. These functions are accessible only from this button panel.
