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The primary display of the Memento desktop edition is as a screen occupying a Windows [[Glossary#window|window]]. Desktop system user interfaces these days are windowed, and desktop Web browsers use tabbed windows.

The Memento desktop edition window is typically subdivided into 3 primary [[Glossary#pane|panes]], primarily for libraries (on the left), for entries (in the center), and for field properties & values (on the right). Toolbars at the top or bottom of panes hold icons/buttons for the selection of options within the pane. On occasion, such as the opening window, when starting the app, the contents of a pane will be subdivided into sections of introductory text.

When Memento opens, below the canonical Windows Title bar and Menu bar, there are 2 panes -- a narrower one on the left and a wider one to the right containing 3 sections of text & links that form the home page of Memento, if you will. Read below about the left pane listing the Libraries  Groups.

The Memento [[Glossary#Window|window]] is populated in various ways, depending upon what is happening in the window. There are always a Windows title bar and a Windows main menu toolbar, and they always have the same format. Beyond that, windows are populated with tiled panes. Panes are often broken down into tiled toolbars. A pane's content may be presented in sections, each with a title, text, and hyperlinks.

When a library has been selected, its entries are displayed in the center pane. Once an entry has been selected, its fields & their values are displayed in the right pane. Memento opens, below the canonical Windows Title bar and Menu bar, there are 2 panes -- a narrower one on the left and a wider one to the right. Read below about the Libraries pane for the left pane. It doesn't change in format from opening until closing of the app. It will remain after activity begins, while the one on the right is displayed for the opening only.

The pane is made up of five buttons -- 2 dropdowns & 3 buttons each of which populates the center pane.

;My libraries (dropdown list of libraries): is of libraries within the cloud account of the user. Each library may be downloaded to the device for subsequent use by the user.

;Shared with me (dropdown list of libraries): when clicked, will list the libraries that have been shared with the user, if any.

;Catalog templates (button when pressed opens both a center & a right pane): causes the right pane to be replaced with a list of categories of libraries in the Online Template Catalog, each of which has a button that causes the center pane with a list of the catalog libraries in that category. Pressing one of these will allow the user to download the template to the user's device.

Once a library is open, the 3 panes described above are established. With the library open, the center pane will contain the library's entries list.

The pane has 3 sections: a toolbar at the top, content selection buttons at the bottom, and most of the pane is filled with the entries list, when the normal & default content button is selected.

The Entries button is selected by default when the pane is populated with data. By default, the view is the List view. The information is formatted as the entry name in a relatively large font across the top of the entry listing. Below that in a smaller, moderately large font is the entry description. Right justified at the right edge of the cell in a relatively smallest font is the entry status.

The listed entries are scrolled when necessary to fit in the list section of the center pane. When an entry is selected, the right pane is populated with that entry's field values. '''<< TBD: Add info re multiple entry selection. >>'''

Only the entries marked as a Favorite are listed.

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