Getting Started

2.1. To Start Glade

You can start Glade in the following ways:

Applications menu: Choose Programming → Glade Interface Designer.
Command line: To start Glade from a command line, type the following command, then press Return: glade-3

2.2. When You Start Glade

When you start Glade, the following window is displayed.

Figure 1 Glade window

The Glade window contains the following elements:

Menubar: The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands you need to work with files in Glade.
Toolbar: The toolbar contains a subset of the commands that you can access from the menubar.
Design Area: The design area is where a user interface can be visually edited.
Palette: The palette contains the widgets that can be used to build a user interface.
Inspector: The inspector displays information about the widgets in a project.
Property Editor: The property editor is used to manipulate the properties of widgets, as well as adding connections to source code.
Statusbar: The statusbar displays information about current Glade activity and contextual information about the menu items.