The interface

1. Menus: File, Edit, Plate, Tools, View, Help.
2. Tools: Select, Brush and Eraser; quick selections (All, Edge, Inner, Empty, …); the screening wizards.
3. Fields & values: every field and the values used in it. Click a value to select its wells, 🖌 to paint with it, a swatch to recolor it.
4. Plate tabs: one tab per plate. Double-click a tab for its settings, right-click for more, ＋ to add a plate.
5. Canvas: the plate itself. Drag to select; zoom with Ctrl + mouse wheel.
6. Status bar: the hovered well and its values, the selection count, and zoom controls (Fit, 1:1).
7. Right-panel tabs: Inspector, Layers, Figure, History, Checks. A badge shows how many checks need attention.
8. Inspector: edit the selected wells. Numbers have a unit dropdown.
9. Quick actions: Undo, Redo, Platemap CSV and Export (figure).

Menus

File: projects, import, all exports.

Tools: the screening wizards and new custom fields.

Left panel

Tools, quick selections and screening wizards.

Fields and their values with counts for the current plate.

Right panel

Tab	What it's for	Guide
Inspector	Edit values of the selected wells	Entering values
Layers	Choose which field drives color, ring, badge, label…	Layers
Figure	Well shape and size, fonts, legend, colors	Figure style
History	Every edit; click to go back	Undo & history
Checks	Possible mistakes in the layout	Checks

Status bar

Hover any well to see all its values here. On the right: the number of selected wells, filled/total wells, and zoom controls. Fit sizes the plate to the window and 1:1 shows actual size.

Resizing

• Drag the thin borders between the panels and the canvas to make the side panels wider or narrower.
• Zoom the canvas with Ctrl + mouse wheel, the slider, or Ctrl+= / Ctrl+-.
• Well size for figures is set separately in the Figure tab.