Layout

Vertically the zbedic window is divided in three regions -- toolbar, wordlist and description box.

Toolbar

The toolbar contains the controls that perform the zbedic actions.
  1. input box - contains the word for lookup. You can use the dropdown to choose from the list of recently searched words.
  2. dictionary button - selects a dictionary
  3. switch dictionaries button - toggles between two most recently used dictionaries. You can find this action useful for bilingual dictionaries, when you look up translations in both directions.
  4. history back/forward - navigate through history items. To mimic behavior of back and forward buttons in a web browser, the history list can grow both in upward and downward direction from the current item.
  5. look up selection button - select a word in the description box, then press this button to look up its translation or description.
  6. copy button - copies the text that is selected to the clipboard
  7. paste button - pastes from the clipboard to the input box
  8. settings button - shows the settings dialog box

Wordlist

The control show the list of defined words that are lexicographically after the word entered in the input box. The number of words shown can be configured from the settings dialog box.

Description Box

This box shows the word description. If the text in the input box matches an existing word, the description of that word is shown.

Settings

The Settings dialog box allows the user to configure zbedic. The configuration parameters are:

Layout Tab

Dictionaries Tab

Misc Tab

Integration with QTReader

zbedic supports QCop interprocess messages. To setup QTReader to use zbedic for word lookup, go to File->Set Dictionary and enter zbedic/find as a message name.