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Getting around the interface

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The app has no top header: all navigation lives in the left sidebar. This page covers the sidebar, the command palette, the tabbed work window and the keyboard shortcuts so you can move quickly.

From top to bottom: the ⌘K search box, the Tab button (opens the work window, with the number of open tabs), the Phòng thí nghiệm (Lab) group (Tổng quan/Overview, Công trình/Works, Tệp của tôi/My files, Venue, Thành viên/Members, Hỏi AI/Ask AI, Thống kê/Statistics, Cài đặt/Settings), the Lối tắt (Shortcuts) group (Tạo công trình/Create work, Tải phiên bản lên/Upload version, Hỏi cả kho/Ask the whole repository, Phím tắt/Keyboard shortcuts, Hướng dẫn sử dụng/User guide) and the account menu at the bottom.

  • Items only appear when your role can open them: researchers do not see Thống kê (Statistics) or Cài đặt (Settings).
  • The account menu has Settings, Appearance, Keyboard shortcuts and Sign out; you can switch light/dark and the màu nhấn (accent colour) right there.
  • From 1280px wide: full sidebar, collapsible to an icon rail (M or ⌘B). From 768 to 1279px: icon rail with tooltips.
Sidebar and the Overview page on desktop
Sidebar and the Overview page on desktop

Press ⌘K (macOS) or Ctrl+K, or /, to open the command palette. Type a title, an ISL-… code or a page name; search ignores Vietnamese diacritics, so typing hau finds "Phạm Văn Hậu". Enter opens the work page; the button on the right of a row opens the work in a tab. The palette also finds files in My files.

Command palette: find a work and jump to a page
Command palette: find a work and jump to a page

The Mở trong tab (Open in tab) button at the end of each work row opens a compact view of the work in a right-hand panel without leaving the list: code, venue, members, to-dos, versions and an Mở trang đầy đủ (Open full page) button. Open several works and each becomes a tab; Đóng tất cả tab (Close all tabs) is at the top of the panel.

The work window opens a work while keeping the list behind it
The work window opens a work while keeping the list behind it

Tabs also preview files: version files, files in My files, and check artifacts (PDF diff, logs). Links can be shared:

Parameter Opens
?open=work:<id> A work
?open=version:<id> A version
?open=vfile:<id>&page=3 A version file, at page 3
?open=file:<id> A file in My files
?open=artifact:<id> An artifact of one check run

Join several tabs with commas. If you are not allowed to see something you get a not-found message; the file name is not revealed.

Press ? to see all shortcuts.

Key Action
⌘K / Ctrl+K, / Open the command palette
⌘J / Ctrl+J Open or close Ask AI
M, ⌘B Collapse or expand the sidebar
G then D / C / V / M / A / S Go to Overview / Works / Venues / Members / Ask AI / Settings
? List of shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts dialog
Keyboard shortcuts dialog

Below 768px the sidebar becomes a bottom bar: Tổng quan · Công trình · Tạo · Hỏi AI · Thêm (Overview · Works · Create · Ask AI · More). Thêm (More) opens a bottom sheet with all navigation, your account, light/dark and the accent colour. The works list turns into cards, filters move into a bottom sheet, and the work page has a sticky action bar at the bottom.

Works list on a phone
Works list on a phone

Every page of the app has a Hướng dẫn (Guide) button at the right of the title (on a phone only the question-mark icon remains). It opens a two-item menu: Hướng dẫn từng bước (Step-by-step guide) shows the steps for that exact page in a right-hand panel, and Đọc bài hướng dẫn đầy đủ (Read the full guide) opens the matching article on this docs site in a new tab. Hướng dẫn sử dụng (User guide) in the Shortcuts group (on a phone: under Thêm) opens the docs home page; the sign-in, 2FA and invitation pages have a guide link right below the form.