Main DC++ window
Main Menu bar (top)
The toolbar provides quick access to some regularly used parts and functions of DC++. From left to right:
- Public Hubs
- Open the Public Hubs window.
- Reconnect
- Reconnect (disconnect and connect again) the hub which is currently in the foreground.
- Follow last redirect
- Follow the redirection offered by the hub which is currently in the foreground.
- Favorite Hubs
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Open the Favorite Hubs window.
Use the arrow placed on the right of the icon to easily connect to one of your favorite hubs without having to open the Favorite Hubs window.
- Favorite Users
- Open the Favorite Users window.
- Download Queue
- Open the Download Queue window.
- Finished Downloads
- Open the Finished Downloads window.
- Waiting Users
- Open the Waiting Users window.
- Finished Uploads
- Open the Finished Uploads window.
- Search
- Open the Search window.
- ADL Search
- Open the ADL Search window.
- Search Spy
- Open the Search Spy window.
- Open file list...
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Open a file list previously saved on your disk (a dialog will appear so you can pick the one you wish to open).
- Settings
- Open the Settings dialog.
- Notepad
- Open the Notepad window, where you can store random text.
- What's This?
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You can get help on specific parts of DC++ by using the "What's This?" help button: click it once, and your mouse cursor will change into a help cursor; then click on the control you wish to get help for.
Tabs
Each window opened in DC++ has a corresponding tab, which appears in the global tab control.
Tabs in DC++ behave the same as in standard Windows applications; moreover, they have the
following additional features:
- They can be moved around in a drag-and-drop fashion.
- There are some easy ways to switch between them: with mouse extra buttons or using Ctrl+Tab.
- When many tabs are opened, and they can't fit into a single row, they will automatically occupy more rows.
- Each tab has its own context-menu which provides commands related to the window the tab belongs to.
- Tabs can be closed with:
- Middle mouse click
- Shift + left mouse click
- The "Close" command from the tab context-menu
- Ctrl+W
- Ctrl+F4
You can customize the look and behavior of tabs from the Tabs settings and
Windows settings respectively.
Status bar (bottom)
The main status bar is always visible in the bottom of the DC++ window. You can get information from the current state of several parameters of DC++ here. The status bar is divided into sections for better visibility. Their meaning from left to right:
- System messages
- The first part of the status bar contains the last system message with a timestamp. To see more from the recent system messages you can move the mouse pointer above the statusbar - the last 10 lines of the messages will be shown as a tooltip shortly. To see all system messages of the current session open the System Log window from the View menu or simply double-click on the status bar.
- Away indicator
- Shows "AWAY" when DC++ is in away mode.
- Hubs
- Shows the number of hubs you are currently connected to in the following format: x/y/z, where:
x = number of connected hubs where you're not a registered user;
y = number of connected hubs where you're registered in;
z = number of connected hubs where you're an operator;
just the same way as in the DC++ tags of the users listed on a hub.
- Slots
- Indicates the number of currently free upload slots out of the total number of slots opened.
- Slots up-down control
- Use this control, which consists of 2 arrows, to increase (up arrow) or decrease (down arrow) the number of upload slots you want to have opened.
- Total downloaded bytes
- Shows the total number of bytes received in the current session, including file transfers, hub-client communication and hublists.
- Total uploaded bytes
- Shows the total number of bytes sent in the current session, including file transfers and hub-client communication.
- Current download speed
- Shows the current overall download speed and the number of current download connections in parentheses (updated in every second).
- Current upload speed
- Shows the current overall upload speed and the number of current upload connections in parentheses (updated in every second).