Main Window

When a Record session is open, the Ephyr window is organized as follows.

Layout overview

Region	Role
Menu	Global actions include opening workspaces, import recording, managing sessions, toggling visibility, labeling events and periods, managing add-ons, and opening Help. See Menu.
Toolbar panel	Scalebar turns the time/amplitude bar on or off. Zoom to area starts area selection (same as V). Export Canvas exports the current signal view (PNG/SVG).
Hide session panel / Show session panel shows or hides the right-hand Session panel.
Data panel (left)	Contains channel groups with traces, events, periods, optional add-on overlays, and time navigation. See Data Panel.
Session panel (right)	Includes Session panel mode selection (Beginner / Expert), timeline and channel settings, recording description, add-ons list, and application logs. See Session Panel.
Status bar	Timestamped status messages from the application. The current session name, recording name, and folder appear on the right.

Before any workspace is open, the left area shows a start screen with Create / Open / Recent. An empty workspace shows Add config in the centre. A workspace with Configs but no open Record still shows the recording navigation panel.

Data panel highlights

Inside the data panel you will typically work with:

• Time controls — scrollbar, step buttons, and auto-scroll for navigating the recording
• Channel groups — arranged traces for one or more electrode groups
• Events — point markers on the time axis
• Periods — labeled time intervals
• Tools — measurement bar, area selection, and interactive labeling modes
• Add-on overlays — drawings from Viewable add-ons (for example spike markers)

Session panel highlights

The Session panel begins with a mode selection (Beginner / Expert). Additional sections are toggled independently from View → Session Panel: Recording Navigation, Timeline settings, Channel management, Add-ons, Recording description and Application logs. Recording Navigation is disabled by default.