Main Window

1. Title

The windowtitle always contains the app's name, followed by the version id (0.4.079 in this case)

2. Updates

If updates are available, JD remindes you in it's title

3. Addon updates

There are many Addons for JDownloader to extend it's functionality. If updates for addons are available, JD ads this updates automaticly to the downloadlist. See "Install & Update addons"

4. Downloadlist

All your downloads are listed here. You can resort the list by either draging the entries, or using the “Move-buttons”. JD downloads from top to bottom. This means that resorting the list changes the priority. There are two different entries in the list. Packages and Downloadlinks. Downloadlinks can be grouped to packages.

Statuscolors

Depending on the Downloadlink's status, the row has a different color.
Green: Download has finished successfull
White: Download has not started yet
Red: Download was aborted due to an error

5. Premium Quickswitch

Using this Checkbox, the user can enable and disable the Premiumfeature
:!: Before beeing able to use your premiumaccounts, you have to check this option!

6. Max Downloads

JD is able to download more than one link at the same time. This can be usefull to boost up your downloadspeed. The max. amount of paralell downloads is 20.
:!: Most(not all) hosters allow only one download at a time. Buy a premiumaccount to download more

7. Downloadspeed limitation

Sometimes it might be usefull to limit the bandwith JD uses to download. 0 means “not limitation”.

Menu

File

Add

Add Links

Add one or more links

Add Container

Add a Downloadlink Container. DLC, RSDF and CCF are supported.

Remove

Remove entries

Removes the selected entries

Remove completed Downloads

Removes all finished Downloads (marked green)

Remove completed Packages

Removes all finished packages. :!: Please note that by default, JD removes finished downloadlinks automaticly.

Create Container

Exports the current Downloadlist (DLC Format)

Restart

Restarts JDownloader

Exit

Exits JDownloader

Extras

Configuration

Opens the main configuration panel. There are two different configuration panels. You can switch between this two views

  1. Feng Shui Config (default): A very simple config with basic options.
  2. Advanced Config view: Show all available options.

Drag & Drop Target

The drag&drop Target is a very small window, that is always on top of all other windows. You can drag Links from the browser over this window to add new links.

Addons

Addon configuration

Opens the addons overview panel

Addon list

Most addons define their own menu. You find an entry for each addon that uses a menu. Look at the addon's docs for details.

Premium hosters

Hoster Configuration

Opens the hoster's overview panel

Premium Hoster list

All our premium plugins are listed here.

Configuration

Opens the configuration panel for the selected hoster

Accounts
  1. Enabled/Disable Premium (toggle this premiumaccount)
  2. Get account information (validates this account and shows detailslike traffic left)

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Show log window

Shows the program's log. The log is used by our supporters to identify bugs.
Details on how to upload your log

Support

Link to our Supportpage

Open wiki

Link to our Knowledgebase

Changelog

Link to theChangelog

About JDownloader

Short infos about JDownloader and it's Devs

Toolbar

1. Start/Stop Downloads

Starts and stops the downloadprogress. There are advanced config options to automaticly start downloads on programmstart.

2. Pause Downloads

waits until all running downloads have finished and stops. No new downloadlinks will start.

3. Add Links

opens a dialog to add one or more links. You even can paste sourcecode of a website. JD will grab links.

4. Add Container

Add a Downloadlink Container. DLC, RSDF and CCF are supported.

5. Remove Links

Removes the selected downloadlinks

6. Move Links to bottom

Move the selected links/packages to bottom

7. Move links down

Move the selected links/packages one down

8. Move links up

Move the selected links/packages one up

9. Move links to top

Move the selected links/packages to top

10. Open Configuration

Opens the main configuration panel. There are two different configuration panels. You can switch between this two views

  1. Feng Shui Config (default): A very simple config with basic options.
  2. Advanced Config view: Show all available options.

11. Enable/Disable reconnect

If your connection is a dynamic ip connection (most dsl connections are) you can perform a reconnect to avoid waittime. To do this you have

  1. Configure your reconnect settings
  2. Enable the reconnect feature here (default: disabled)

12. Force Reconnect

If your routersettings are configured correct, you can force JD to do a reconnect.

13. Enable/Disable Clipboard Observer

If the clipboard observer is enabled, JD checks each content-change in your clipboard and searches fo supported links. If supported links are found, JD adds them. → The linkgrabber opens

14. Webupdate

JD Keeps itself up to date, and checks on each programmstart if there are waiting updates. To install new updates, just click this button.

knowledge/wiki/gui/mainpanel.txt · Last modified: 2016/06/27 16:34 (external edit)