Design Stencil Kit is available for almost every application: OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Adobe Illustrator (PDF and SVG) and Adobe Photoshop. This huge library covers the following elements (basically, everything): ad units, calendars, carousels, charts and tables, UI controls, form elements,. Source for all images: Microsoft. There are Visio shapes for a wide range of web page components. Containers, UI controls, media, navigation shapes, buttons, pull-down menus, sliders, progress bars etc. Wireframes have been added to the File| New menu with options for standard and mobile sites. Applies To: Visio Professional 2016 Visio 2010 Visio Premium 2010 Visio Pro for Office 365 Visio Professional 2013 Visio Standard 2010 The wireframe template is designed for creating medium-fidelity mock-ups of software applications. The template can be used for a wide range of software types, such as applications for Windows, the Internet, and mobile devices. • Start by clicking the Dialogs stencil and dragging an Application form or a Dialog form onto the page. Add other shapes from this stencil to outline the basic structure of the UI. • Click the Toolbars stencil to add menus and other application icons. • Use the shapes on the other four default stencils ( Controls, Cursors, Common Icons, and Web and Media Icons) to fill in the UI and show the application’s functionality. Some of the wireframe shapes have customizable properties. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are some tips on using those shapes. What do you want to do? Create dialogs Shape Tips Application form A container that gives the bounds of the entire application. A connection point in the upper right corner holds Windows button shapes in place. Dialog form A container to hold icons, controls, and text for dialog boxes. A connection point in the upper right corner holds Windows button shapes in place. Windows button Select which button you want to represent using this shape: Close, Maximize, Minimize, or Restore (the buttons that are usually in the upper right corner of applications and dialog forms). You select which button you want when you drop the shape on the form, and you can also right-click the shape and click Button Type to change it later. Change the shading of the button by right-clicking the shape and then clicking Show Active. Status bar A container for Status bar items, icons, and splitters. Status bar items are medium length bars you can add text to by double-clicking. They also have a center connection point for adding an icon, progress bar, slider, or other shape. Status bar icons are short bars with a center connection point that you can drop icons from Common Icons or Web and Media Icons onto. You can drop Status bar splitters between other shapes to make visible divisions. Scroll bar Right-click to designate as vertical or horizontal, and to set the length of the slider (thumb length). Use the yellow control handle to move the slider along the length of the scroll bar. Resize grabber Can be used only in Scroll bars and Status bars. A dialog box appears so you can set the type after you drop it on the page. Tab bar A container for tab items. After you add an Upper tab item or a Bottom tab item, you can add more by right-clicking the tab item or by clicking the blue Insert arrow that appears with the orange highlight when you hold the pointer over a corner of the tab. Change the shading of a tab by right-clicking the shape and then clicking Set Active Tab. When the Tab bar is selected, you can use the Format tab under Container Tools to change the Tab bar style. Create toolbars Shape Tips Menu bar A container for Menu bar items. After you add a Menu bar item, right-click the item to set the state (such as enabled or selected), the type (normal or drop-down), and whether to add room for an icon. You can also use the shortcut menu to add more Menu bar items, or you can click the blue Insert arrow.
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