UI Tour

Every panel and button in MINT, mapped. Use this when you can't find a setting or aren't sure what something does.

[Screenshot: full MINT window with regions labeled — top bar, sidebar, main content, jobs panel]

Top action bar

Always visible. Spans the full width.

Element	What it does
MINT logo (left)	Returns to the home dashboard
Project breadcrumb	Drill back up from experiments → projects → home
Plugins menu	Jump to any installed plugin you have access to
Notification bell	Recent alerts (job done, install request, update available)
User avatar	Settings, profile, sign out

Home dashboard

The landing page after logging in. Three regions:

Region	What it shows
Projects tile grid	Every project you're a member of, sorted by recent activity
Recent experiments	Your last edited / viewed experiments
Plugins	Tiles for every plugin available to your role

[Screenshot: home dashboard fully labeled]

Project page

Four tabs:

Tab	Contents
Overview	Description, member count, experiment counts by status, recent activity
Experiments	Sortable, filterable list — click a row to drill in
Members	Per-project membership, with role overrides
Settings	Rename, archive, delete (admin only)

[Screenshot: project page with the Experiments tab selected]

Experiment detail page

Five tabs:

Tab	Contents
Overview	Code, title, type, status pill, owner, collaborators, design summary
Design	Form rendered by the experiment-design plugin; editable per status
Files	Uploaded artifacts (RAW data, sequences, plates, …)
Analyze	Pick an analysis plugin, run it, watch progress
Results	Accumulated outputs from past analysis runs

The status pill in the header drives writability — see Experiments → Lifecycle.

[Screenshot: experiment detail page with the Analyze tab open]

Jobs panel (slide-out)

Click the activity indicator (top-right of the action bar) to open. Lists every job you've launched in the current session.

Element	What it does
Job row	Plugin name + experiment + status pill
Progress bar	Live during runs
Open	Jump to the experiment's Results tab with this run highlighted
Cancel	Stop a running job (best-effort — depends on plugin)
Retry	Re-run a failed job with the same parameters

[Screenshot: jobs panel slide-out with several queued and running jobs]

Admin views

Visible only to platform admins.

View	Contains
Users	Account list, role assignments, manual disable / re-enable
Roles	System role presets and custom-role editor
Plugins	Installed plugins, per-plugin upgrade / uninstall
Marketplace	Catalog browser, install requests, approval queue
Updates	Platform and plugin update statuses
Status	Live health overview (DB, plugins, queues)
Settings	SMTP, marketplace registry, observability, auth

[Screenshot: Admin → Users page with a custom role highlighted]

Settings (avatar menu)

Per-user preferences:

Tab	Contains
Profile	Display name, email, avatar
Security	Passkeys, password, active sessions, sign-out-everywhere
Display	Theme (light / dark / system), color palette, density
Notifications	Per-channel toggles (email, in-app)

[Screenshot: Settings → Security panel with two passkeys registered]

Plugin views

Each installed plugin renders inside the platform shell. The action bar and project breadcrumb stay; the plugin owns the main content. Most plugins follow a similar layout:

Region	Convention
Top of plugin content	Plugin's own breadcrumb / step indicator
Main panel	Plugin UI
Right sidebar (optional)	Per-plugin parameters or details
Bottom action bar (optional)	Run / Save / Export

Plugins should use the AppLayout, AppTopBar, and AppSidebar components from @morscherlab/mint-sdk — see Frontend SDK.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
Cmd/Ctrl + K	Open the global command palette
Cmd/Ctrl + F	Focus search in tables
Esc	Close modals and dropdowns
↑ / ↓ (in lists)	Move selection
?	Show shortcut cheat sheet

Next

→ Permissions — what each role can see and do → Troubleshooting — when things don't work → FAQ — quick answers → Glossary — terms used across MINT