The GUI

The GUI is made with JavaFX & Scene Builder.

Screenshots

The Menu Bar

File Menu:
New Pattern - Creates a new pattern
Open Pattern - Opens a pattern file
Save Pattern - Saves the pattern to a file
New Rule - Opens the rule dialog to make a new rule
Close - Closes the application

Edit Menu:
Copy - Copies selected cells to an RLE
Paste - Pastes the cells that are stored as an RLE on the clipboard
Delete - Deletes the selected cells
Random Soup Settings - Settings for the random soup generation

Control Menu:
Set Generation - Sets the generation based on user input
Set Step Size - Sets the step size of the simulation
Set Simulation Speed - Sets the maximum simulation speed
Clear Cell Cache - Clears the cell cache to speed up the simulation (application may hang for a while)
Grid Lines - Toggles between showing and not showing grid lines
View Population Graph - Displays a graph of the population against generation

Search Menu:
Generate Apgtable - Generates an apgtable to be used with apgsearch
Run Rule Search - Starts a search program that randomly enumerates rules to find spaceships & oscillators
Run Catalyst Search - Starts a search program that searches for catalysts

Help Menu:
About - Opens the CAViewer Wiki in a built-in browser.

The Tools Bar

Run Simulation Button - Runs the simulation
Simulate in Selection Button - Runs the simulation in the selection
Simulate outside Selection Button - Runs the simulation outside the selection
Drawing Button - Go into drawing mode
Panning Button - Go into panning mode
Selection Button - Go into selection mode

Random Soup Button - Generates a random soup
Flip Button - Flips the pattern horizontally / vertically
Rotate Button - Rotates the pattern clockwise / counter-clockwise (doesn't work)
Recording Button - Records all patterns that move in the selection area and saves it as a *.gif
Identify Button - Identifies the pattern as a spaceship / oscillator

The Status Bar

The generation of the pattern, the current population and simulation speed is shown.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Space - Step 1 Generation
Delete - Deletes cells

Enter - Toggle Simulation
Shift + Enter - Toggle Simulation (In Selection)
Ctrl + Enter - Toggle Simulation (Outside Selection)

Ctrl + N - New Pattern
Ctrl + O - Open Pattern
Ctrl + S - Save Pattern to File

Ctrl + C - Copy Pattern to RLE
Ctrl + X - Cut Pattern (Copy + Delete)
Ctrl + V - Paste Pattern (requires that an area is already selected)
Ctrl + Shift + O - Load Pattern from Clipboard

Ctrl + A - Select the entire pattern
Ctrl + Z - Undo
Ctrl + Y - Redo

Ctrl + R - Change Rule
Ctrl + 5 - Generate Random Soup

X - Flip Selection Horizontally
Y - Flip Selection Vertically
> - Rotate Clockwise
< - Rotate Counter-Clockwise