Working in Sherpa Designer#

The default user interface of Sherpa Designer consists of the following main areas:

Main menu (top panel).
Main panel (left panel).
Central workspace.
Properties panel (upper right panel).
Variables panel (lower right panel).
Lower central panel.

No.	Interface Element	Description
1.	“Main Menu”	Contains the main actions for configuring and managing projects and robot diagrams. The main menu includes: File menu; Navigation menu; Record menu; Debug menu; Advanced menu; Help menu.
1.1.	File menu	Contains actions necessary for working with projects: Create; Open; Save; Print; Migrate; Git commit; Publish.
1.2.	Navigation menu	Allows navigation between robot diagrams.
1.3.	Record menu	Contains actions necessary when working with recording user actions in applications and on web resources, as well as with data extraction by the templater: Record; Extract data; Extract by template; Recognize.
1.4.	Debug menu	Contains actions necessary for starting robot debugging, as well as remote debugging of the robot.
1.5.	Advanced menu	Contains additional actions for working with robot diagrams: Sherpa Explorer; Sherpa Regex; Window editor.
1.6.	Help menu	Allows access to training materials: training videos, examples of working with the program, demonstration projects.
2.	“Main Panel”	The main panel includes the following tabs: Blocks; Project; Library.
2.1.	Blocks tab	Allows opening the palette of functional blocks for creating projects.
2.2.	Project tab	Provides access to all diagrams and files of the current project, as well as allows renaming, deleting, or adding new files to the project.
2.3.	Library tab	Allows opening the library of ready-made processes.
3.	Central Workspace	This area is intended for working with the blocks of the current process diagram.
4.	Properties Panel	The panel is intended for managing the properties of the selected block in the diagram.
5.	Variables Panel	The panel is intended for displaying the variables of the current process diagram.
6.	Lower Central Panel	The panel is intended for displaying logs of all actions of the software robot.
6.1.	Log tab	Allows viewing the logs of all actions of the software robot.
6.2.	Variables tab	Allows viewing all existing variables of the current process.
6.3.	Console tab	Allows working with the robot's console.

Additionally, the user interface of Sherpa Designer has an additional toolbar that opens when clicking on the “Tools” tab at the top of the interface.

No.	Interface Element	Description
	Edit menu	Contains actions necessary for working with the blocks of the robot diagram: Insert; Cut; Copy; Delete; Find; Find next; Replace.
	Diagram menu	Contains actions necessary for building the robot diagram: Align; Position; Full block check; Remove unused variables; Compile code call blocks.
	Parameters menu	Contains actions necessary for working with program parameters: Package manager; Program parameters.
	Tools menu	Contains actions necessary for convenient interface configuration: Russian (Russia) - language; Theme; Refresh diagram.

The top panel of the Designer includes buttons for undoing and redoing the last action: by the buttons and , respectively. Also, some actions from the Main Menu of the Designer are duplicated by the button.