MapTool User Interface

 This article is a draft, be advised that information it contains may be incomplete, inaccurate, or unclear.

Overview of the MapTool Application Window

Each open instance of MapTool has an application window which contains a few ever-present components.

The application window always consists of a title bar, a menu bar, the map building and navigation tools, and the map view. One or more panels may be docked to sides of the map view or even floated seperate from the main application window.

The default layout also docks the `Resource Library` panel at the top left side, and a tabbed panel containing the `Map Explorer` and `Draw Explorer` in the lower left side, and the `Chat` panel. This default layout can be restored by selecting Window > Restore Layout.

Multiple instances of MapTool

Users may open multiple instances of MapTool at once, for instance to test the player view on one instance while serving a campaign file in another on the same computer. When doing this, each instance of the program will have its own application window with its own user interface. When doing this, it is helpful to keep all panels docked rather than floating to prevent confusion between open instances.

Menu bar

Maptool’s menu bar consists of seven dropdown menus.

File Menu

This menu mainly contains Template:Campaign File and networking commands.

• New Campaign

This creates a new campaign file with default properties, states, and a single map called 'Grasslands' configured according to the installation's new map defaults.

• Open Campaign... [Ctrl-O]

Opens a file explorer window to select and open a MapTool {Campaign file}.

• Save Campaign [Ctrl-S]

Saves the current campaign file. If it is a new campaign, MapTool opens a file explorer window to select a save location and name the campaign file.

• Save Campaign As...

Opens a file explorer window to select a save location and name the campaign file.

• Save Chat Log History...

Opens a file explorer window to select a save location and name an HTML file containing the entire content of the current chat panel.

• Export

Submenu containing additional options.

• Screenshot [Ctrl+Shift-S]

Opens the Template:Export Screenshot dialog.

• Screenshot As...

Opens the Template:Export Screenshot dialog.

• Campaign As...

Opens the Export Campaign dialog, which allows saving a campaign file in a format compatible with older versions of MapTool.

• Campaign Repository File...

Opens a file explorer window to select a save location and name a ZIP file containing the entire content of the campaign for use as a Template:Campaign Repository.

• Add Resource to Library...

Opens the Add Resource to Library dialog, which will add new resources to the Resource Library.

• Start Server...

Starts a new MapTool server from the current instance of Maptool with the currently open campaign file. See Template:Networking.

• Connect to Server...

Connect to a local or remote MapTool server.

• Disconnect from Server...

Disconnect from the current server. This opens the campaign file which was open before connecting to a server.

• Connection Information...

Displays additional connection information, such as the IP address.

• Recent Campaigns

Shows a list of up to 10 most recently opened campaign files.

• Exit

Will prompt the user to save the current campaign and close MapTool.