# Nx Witness User Interface

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Nx Witness u ser interface includes the following main areas.

Viewing Grid for Layouts

The central Viewing Grid can display up to 24 (for x86 architecture) or 64 (for x64 architecture) individual Items – live camera streams, recorded video files, websites, etc.

An arrangement of items in the viewing grid is called a Layout, which can be named and saved. Multiple layouts can be open at once, each displayed in a separate tab.

Panels

Sliding panels on each side of the viewing grid provide management and display tools. These panels can be shown or hidden, individually or all at once, and pinned in position.

Navigation Panel (top) – provides access to the Main Menu ; tabs for each layout; shortcuts to the Nx Cloud Client and the help system; and standard window sizing controls.

Playback Panel (bottom) – controls playback of local videos and live streams

Resource Panel (left) – the Resource Tree displays all servers, devices (cameras, analog encoders, DVRs/NVRs, IO Modules), layouts, Showreels, web pages, other Systems, and local files (video and image files) available to the current user. The Search pane speeds location of available resources.

Notification Panel (right) – displays notifications of System and custom events and alerts.

Context Menus

Each interface element has a Context Menu that provides shortcuts to key actions related to that element. Throughout this help System you will find instructions to use these context menus to access necessary tools. Right-click on an interface element to open its c ontext menu.

Keyboard Shortcut

A set of keyboard shortcuts speeds access and operation.